Colonization and turnover of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis in otitis-prone children

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-230

  Yokota, Shin Ichi ^a   Harimaya, Atsushi ^a,b   Sato, Kiyoshi ^a   Somekawa, Yukihiro ^b   Himi, Tetsuo ^a   Fujii, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sapporo General Hospital of Hokkaido Railway Company   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial turnover; Colonization; Otitis media; RAPD PCR

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFACLOR; CEFCAPENE; CEFDINIR; CEFDITOREN; CEFDITOREN PIVOXIL; CEFPODOXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FROPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS; PILOT STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT DURATION; TURNOVER TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33847121283     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2007.tb03904.x     Document Type: Article

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