Etiology of acute otitis media in a children's hospital and antibiotic sensitivity of the bacteria involved;Etiología de la otitis media aguda en un hospital pediátrico y sensibilidad a los antibióticos de los microorganismos implicados

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 377-380

  Gené, Amadeu ^a   García García, Juan José ^a   Domingo, Araceli ^a   Wienberg, Peter ^a   Palacín, Edgar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Etiology; Haemophilus influenzae; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; DRUG USE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYRINGOTOMY; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORRHEA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 4844223071     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13065523     Document Type: Review

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