Prevalence of otitis media in Okada community, Edo State, Nigeria

Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-302

  Egbe, Christopher ^a   Mordi, Raphael ^a   Omoregie, Richard ^a   Enabulele, Onaiwu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Okada; Otitis media; Prevalence; Rural community

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PEFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; DRUG USE; EAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77957372095     PISSN: 18575749     EISSN: 18575773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3889/MJMS.1857-5773.2010.0110     Document Type: Article

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