Otitis Media

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 391-407

  Pichichero, Michael E ^a  

^a ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminopenicillins; Antibiotics; Cephalosporins; Haemophilus influenzae; Otitis media; Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Tympanocentesis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFACLOR; CEFDINIR; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL; CEFPROZIL; CEFTIBUTEN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IBUPROFEN; LORACARBEF; PARACETAMOL; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BIOFILM; CROSS REACTION; DIARRHEA; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARDRUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; LOOSE FECES; MASTOIDITIS; MENINGITIS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYRINGOTOMY; NONHUMAN; OTALGIA; OTOSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TYMPANOMETRY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WATCHFUL WAITING;

AGE FACTORS; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OTOSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 84875335078     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2012.12.007     Document Type: Review

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