Analysis of adult otitis media: Polymerase chain reaction versus culture for bacteria and viruses

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-16

  Christopher Post, J ^a,b   White, Gregory J ^a   Llederman, Eric M ^a   Aul, Jerome J ^a   Buchman, Craig A ^a   Alexa Sirko, D ^a   Ehrlich, Garth D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Culture; Otitis media; Polymerase chain reaction; Virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 6844236358     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949810700103     Document Type: Article

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