Safety and Efficacy of Gatifloxacin Therapy for Children with Recurrent Acute Otitis Media (AOM) and/or AOM Treatment Failure
Author(s) -
Michael E. Pichichero,
Adriano Arguedas,
Ron Dagan,
Laura Lindenfeld,
Xavier SáezLlorens,
Kamal Hamed,
Roger Echols
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/431584
Subject(s) - medicine , gatifloxacin , acute otitis media , otitis , intensive care medicine , surgery , antibiotics , ciprofloxacin , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Because of concerns about arthrotoxicity, fluoroquinolones are restricted for use in children. This study describes the safety and efficacy of gatifloxacin when used for treatment of children with recurrent acute otitis media (ROM) or acute otitis media (AOM) treatment failure (AOMTF).
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