Association of Nasopharyngeal Bacterial Colonization during Upper Respiratory Tract Infection and the Development of Acute Otitis Media
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- 15 February 2008
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 46 (4) , e34-e37
- https://doi.org/10.1086/525856
Abstract
Acute otitis media occurs mostly after upper respiratory tract infection; the causative bacteria are those colonized in the nasopharynx. We studied 7Keywords
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