title: Are cephalosporins appropriate for the treatment of acute otitis media in this era of increasing antimicrobial resistance among common respiratory tract pathogens?
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Pathology, Medical Director, Clinical Microbiology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA.
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Appelbaum
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002511:Cephalosporins