Lack of Chlamydophila pneumoniae and predominance of Alloiococcus otitidis in middle ear fluids of children with otitis media with effusion

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-273

  Güvenç, Melih Güven ^a   Midilli, Kenan ^b   Inci, Ender ^b   Kuşkucu, Mert ^b   Tahamiler, Rauf ^b   Özergil, Emel ^b   Ergin, Sevgi ^b   Ada, Mehmet ^b   Altaş, Kemal ^b  

^a ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alloiococcus otitidis; Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Otitis media with effusion; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFACLOR; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT;

ALLOIOCOCCUS OTITIDIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VENTILATOR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77950538124     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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