Clinical findings as predictors of bacterial culture outcome.(Tips)

Publication: American Family Physician

Publication Date: 15-SEP-04

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A number of viruses and bacteria are established pathogens in acute otitis media (AOM). Some of these organisms have reported associations with different clinical signs and symptoms. Palmu and colleagues from the Finnish Otitis Media Vaccine Trial examined the correlation between certain clinical findings and bacterial culture results in cases of AOM.

This trial enrolled more than one half of all the available two-month-old children in the study area and followed them...

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