Antibiotic susceptibility of acute otitis media pathogens in otitis-prone Belgian children

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 524-529

  Van Kempen, Muriel J P ^a   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^a   Claeys, Geert ^a   Verschraegen, Gerda L C ^a   Vermeiren, Judith ^a   Dhooge, Ingeborg J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Haemophilus influenzae; Moraxella catarrhalis; Recurrent acute otitis media; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; NITROCEFIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SEROTYPING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 4544345715     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-004-1475-0     Document Type: Article

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