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. 2006 Dec;91(12):959-61.
doi: 10.1136/adc.2006.097063.

Searching for the Holy Grail of acute otitis media

S L Block  1
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Searching for the Holy Grail of acute otitis media

S L Block. Arch Dis Child. 2006 Dec.

Abstract

Use of PCV7 causes a major shift in the microbiology of AOM towards H influenzae, but the search for the Holy Grail of AOM still remains elusive

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Competing interests: None declared.

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