title: Contemporary antibiotic therapy in otolaryngology.
abstract: This article attempts to put into perspective the use of old and new antimicrobial agents important in otolaryngologic infections. Many of the older agents are still extremely useful, but advances in the development of new chemotherapeutic agents have provided compounds that should be of great use to the practicing otolaryngologist.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001682:Biological Availability; D004826:Epiglottitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy; D009336:Necrosis; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000188:drug therapy; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000188:drug therapy; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000188:drug therapy; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000188:drug therapy; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents