Microbiology of acute mastoiditis and complicated or refractory acute otitis media among hospitalized children in the postvaccination era

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 111-113

  Giannakopoulos, Polyvios ^a   Chrysovergis, Aristeidis ^b   Xirogianni, Athanasia ^c   Nikolopoulos, Thomas P ^b   Radiotis, Alexandros ^a   Lebessi, Evangelia ^a   Tsakanikos, Michail ^a   Tzanakaki, Georgina ^c   Tsolia, Maria N ^b  

^a P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute Mastoiditis; Complicated Acute Otitis Media; Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccine Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine; Refractory Acute Otitis Media; Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotype 19A

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84891558740     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182a6adb7     Document Type: Article

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