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What role for antibiotics in otitis media and sinusitis?

Gurpreet S. Ahuja Dr Ahuja is assistant professor and director of pediatric otolaryngology, department of otolaryngology—head and neck surgery, University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, Orange.Correspondence[email protected]
, MD &
Josette Thompson Dr Thompson is assistant clinical professor, department of family medicine, University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, and is on the faculty of the family medicine residency program, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Ana, California.
, MD
Pages 93-104 | Published online: 30 Jun 2015

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