A double-blind randomised clinical trial of the treatment of otitis externa using topical steroid alone versus topical steroid-antibiotic therapy

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-45

  Abelardo, E ^a,b   Pope, L ^a   Rajkumar, K ^a   Greenwood, R ^c   Nunez, D A ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Otitis externa; Topical antibiotic steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; NEOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOMYCIN; OTITIS EXTERNA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149130735     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0712-y     Document Type: Article

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