Treatment of otitis media.
Otitis media is a very common reason for the prescription of antibiotics in children. Antimicrobial therapy is mostly empirical, based on the knowledge of the frequency and susceptibility patterns of causative pathogens and of the penetration and other pharmacokinetic properties of several oral antibiotics. Pharmacoeconomic considerations must also be taken into account.
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Infectious Disease Unit, University of Florence School of Medicine, Florence, Italy. infdis@cesit1.unifi.it
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