Dominance of Haemophilus influenzae in ear discharge from Indigenous Australian children with acute otitis media with tympanic membrane perforation

BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Smith Vaughan, Heidi C ^a   Binks, Michael J ^a   Marsh, Robyn L ^a   Kaestli, Mirjam ^a   Ward, Linda ^a   Hare, Kim M ^a   Pizzutto, Susan J ^a   Thornton, Ruth B ^b   Morris, Peter S ^a   Leach, Amanda J ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bacterial load; Haemophilus influenzae; Moraxella catarrhalis; Otitis media; qPCR; Relative abundance; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; PLACEBO; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EARDRUM PERFORATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE SMEAR; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84886501014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6815-13-12     Document Type: Article

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