Otitis externa - The clinical pattern in a tertiary institution in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-218

  Loh, K S ^a,c   Tan, K K ^a   Kumarasinghe, G ^b   Leong, H K ^a   Yeoh, K H ^a  

^a Department of Otolaryngology ^*

^b National University Hospital

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Culture; Fungus; Otitis; Predisposing factors

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SELF CARE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 7144262397     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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