Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media: Optimizing Initial Antibiotic Therapy in a Tertiary Care Setup

Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-289

  Vishwanath, Shashidhar ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay ^a   Prakash, Rajat ^a   Pillai, Suresh ^a   Pujary, Kailesh ^a   Pujary, Parul ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aminoglycosides; Anaerobes; Chronic otitis media; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865810843     PISSN: 22313796     EISSN: 09737707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12070-011-0287-6     Document Type: Article

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