Quantitative PCR of ear discharge from Indigenous Australian children with acute otitis media with perforation supports a role for Alloiococcus otitidis as a secondary pathogen

BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Marsh, Robyn L ^a,b   Binks, Michael J ^a,b   Beissbarth, Jemima ^a,b   Christensen, Peter ^a,b   Morris, Peter S ^a,b,c   Leach, Amanda J ^a,b   Smith Vaughan, Heidi C ^a,b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media with perforation; Alloiococcus otitidis; Bacterial load; Indigenous Australian children; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ALLOIOCOCCUS OTITIDIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PERFORATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 84870903108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6815-12-11     Document Type: Article

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