Acute mastoiditis in children: A 10-year retrospective and validated multicenter study

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 436-440

  Anthonsen, Kristian ^a   Hostmark, Karianne ^a   Hansen, Søren ^a   Andreasen, Kristian ^a   Juhlin, Jon ^a   Homøe, Preben ^a   Caye Thomasen, Per ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute mastoiditis; Acute otitis media; Bacterial resistance; Complications of acute otitis media; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ABSCESS; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; DENMARK; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MASTOIDITIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYRINGOTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN REDNESS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; EAR CANAL; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84879091948     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31828abd13     Document Type: Article

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