Bacteriology of chronic discharging ears in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-222

  Wariso, B A ^a   Ibe, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chronic discharging ears; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHILD; CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFLORA; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIGERIA; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE;

EID: 33846051330     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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