Intramuscular ceftriaxone compared with oral amoxicillin-clavulanate for treatment of acute otitis media in children.

Unlabelled: Two hundred and fifteen children aged 4 months 6 years with acute otitis media (AOM) were randomized to be treated either by a single i.m. injection of ceftriaxone, 50 mg/kg, with a second dose in the event of unsatisfactory response after 48 h or a history of recurrent AOM (109 patients) or amoxicillin clavulanate 12.

Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis in children younger than 5 years.

We report on a prospective study of 152 children aged 3 months to 5 years, from a community pediatric clinic, who had signs of pharyngitis, temperature > or = 38 degrees C and were not treated by antibiotics during the preceeding week. Nose and throat cultures were taken from each child. Blood antistreptolysin (ASO) was examined.

LH-RH and HCG studies in a Turner phenotype male (Noonan's syndrome). A case report.

LH-RH and HCG stimulation tests were performed in a prepubertal 13-year-old boy with Noonan's syndrome. The basal plasma LH (0.8 mIU/ml) was normal and FSH (2.