Compared to placebo, long-term antibiotics resolve otitis media with effusion (OME) and prevent acute otitis media with perforation (AOMwiP) in a high-risk population: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Leach, Amanda J ^a   Morris, Peter S ^a,b   Mathews, John D ^c   Hayhurst, Bev ^a   Koops, Harold ^a   Melder, Angela ^a   Pulakui, Monica ^a   Stubbs, Liz ^a   Hare, Kim ^a   Beissbarth, Jemima ^a   Smith Vaughan, Heidi ^a   Leach, Seija ^a   Liddle, Robyn ^a   Donath, Susan ^a   Jacklyn, Susan ^a   McDonnell, Joseph ^a   Bex, Jo ^a   Hutton, Sue ^a   Lukitch, Abe ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b NT Clinical School   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABORIGINE; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; OTOSCOPY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT DURATION; TYMPANOMETRY; BACTERIUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ETHNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNX; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 47649087509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-8-23     Document Type: Article

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