Topical treatment of acute otitis externa: Clinical comparison of an antibiotics ointment alone or in combination with hydrocortisone acetate

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1087-1094

  Mösges, Ralph ^a   Domröse, Christian M ^a   Löffler, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Medicomp GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacitracin; Hydrocortisone; Ointment; Otitis externa; Polymyxin B

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; PARACETAMOL; POLYMYXIN B; POLYSPECTRAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECRETION; SWELLING; SYMPTOM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACITRACIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; OTITIS EXTERNA; POLYMYXIN B; STEROIDS;

EID: 34547102208     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0314-0     Document Type: Article

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