Co-morbidities in children presenting with chronic suppurative otitis media- A South African study

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 198-202

  Hallbauer, Ute M ^a   Atkins, Mark D ^a   Tiedt, Nicholas J ^a   Butler, Iain R T ^a   Pieters, Madeleine ^a   Elliott, Eugene ^a   Joubert, Gina ^a   Seedat, Riaz Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic suppurative otitis media; Co morbidity; HIV infection; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; UNDERWEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MICROBIOLOGY; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84901854200     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmt107     Document Type: Article

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