Otitis externa infection in Jordan. Clinical and microbiological features

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1199-1203

  Battikhi, Mohammed Nizar ^a   Ammar, Samih I ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Private Clinic   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALORIDINE; CEFIXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTAZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OTALGIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OTITIS EXTERNA; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5044219581     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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