Mastoiditis in children: A prospective, observational study comparing clinical presentation, microbiology, computed tomography, surgical findings and histology

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 541-548

  Stähelin Massik, Jody ^a   Podvinec, Mihael ^a   Jakscha, Jens ^a   Rüst, Othmar N ^a   Greisser, Johannes ^a   Moschopulos, Michael ^a   Gnehm, Hanspeter E ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Aarau ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Children; Mastoiditis; Temporal bone computer tomography; Temporal bone histology

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MASTOIDITIS; MYRINGOTOMY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MASTOIDITIS; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41049089659     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-007-0549-1     Document Type: Article

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