Dexamethasone phosphate in antibiotic ear drops for the treatment of acute bacterial otitis externa

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2339-2347

  Mösges, Ralph ^a   Schröder, Timo ^a   Baues, Christian M ^a   Şahin, Kurtuluş ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b ClinResearch GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Neomycin; Otitis externa; Polymyxin B; Topical anti infective agents

Indexed keywords

DEXA POLYSPECTRAN; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; EAR DROPS; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EAR PRURITUS; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; OTALGIA; OTORRHEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SWELLING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; EAR; HUMANS; OTITIS EXTERNA;

EID: 50149095125     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007990802285086     Document Type: Review

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