Prevalence of Various Respiratory Viruses in the Middle Ear during Acute Otitis Media

Acute otitis media is the most common bacterial infection among children and the most frequent reason for outpatient antibiotic therapy. 1 Despite proper antibiotic treatment, middle-ear effusion may persist for weeks or months, 2 , 3 often resulting in repeated courses of antibiotics and, eventuall...

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 340; no. 4; pp. 260 - 264
Main Authors:	Heikkinen, Terho, Thint, Monica, Chonmaitree, Tasnee
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 28.01.1999
Subjects:	Acute Disease Bacterial infections Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Ear diseases Ear, auditive nerve, cochleovestibular tract, facial nerve: diseases, semeiology Ear, Middle - microbiology Ear, Middle - virology Female Humans Infant Male Medical sciences Nasal Lavage Fluid - microbiology Nasal Lavage Fluid - virology Non tumoral diseases Orthomyxoviridae - isolation & purification Otitis Media - drug therapy Otitis Media - etiology Otitis Media - microbiology Otitis Media - virology Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology parainfluenza virus Prevalence respiratory syncytial virus Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - complications Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - prevention & control Respiratory Syncytial Viruses - isolation & purification Respiratory Tract Infections - complications Respiratory Tract Infections - virology Respirovirus - isolation & purification Studies Vaccines Viral infections Viral Vaccines Virus Diseases - epidemiology Virus Diseases - virology Viruses Human Prevalence Respiratory disease Pathogenesis Middle ear disease Acute Vaccination Respiratory system Epidemiology Infection Viral disease ENT disease Otitis media
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406
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