Treatment of acute otitis media in patients with a reported penicillin allergy.

Otitis media occurs commonly in children, and is usually treated with an antibiotic. In this case report, amoxicillin was prescribed for a 6-year-old boy suffering from acute otitis media. As he had previously experienced a rash after the administration of a penicillin, the medication order was swit...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Clinical Pharmacy & Therapeutics Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 161 - 165
Main Authors: Falconer CL, Gardner DM
Format: case study Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2000
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