Factors associated with clinical outcomes in acute otitis media

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 846-852

  Hotomi, Muneki ^a,b   Yamanaka, Noboru ^a,b   Ikeda, Yorihiko ^a,b   Shimada, Jun ^a,b   Faden, Howard ^a,c,d  

^a Wakayama Medical University ^*

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Middle ear effusion; Nasopharyngeal colonization; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARDRUM; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; OTALGIA; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 5444256088     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940411301014     Document Type: Article

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