Clinical/otologic score before and during treatment of acute otitis media

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1814-1818

  Satran, R ^a   Leibovitz, E ^a   Raiz, S ^a   Piglansky, L ^a   Press, J ^a   Leiberman, A ^a   Dagan, R ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Clinical otologic score; H. influenzae; S. pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EARDRUM; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAR; MYRINGOTOMY; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 36248969266     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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