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| A LeibermanSummaryAffiliation: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Country: Israel Publications
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The bacteriology of the nasopharynx in childhoodA Leiberman
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 49:S151-3. 1999..Preliminary studies show that conjugate pneumococcal vaccine might reduce the nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage in general, and of resistant organisms in particular...
Bacteriologic and clinical efficacy of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for treatment of acute otitis mediaA Leiberman
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Pediatr Infect Dis J 20:260-4. 2001..Because of the increasing resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae to T/S, we undertook the present study to investigate the bacteriologic and clinical efficacy of this drug in AOM...
Impaired bacteriologic response to oral cephalosporins in acute otitis media caused by pneumococci with intermediate resistance to penicillinR Dagan
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
Pediatr Infect Dis J 15:980-5. 1996....
Dynamics of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonization during the first days of antibiotic treatment in pediatric patientsR Dagan
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Pediatr Infect Dis J 17:880-5. 1998..To date no studies have evaluated early dynamics of pneumococcal NP carriage during antibiotic treatment...
Bacteriologic efficacy of a three-day intramuscular ceftriaxone regimen in nonresponsive acute otitis mediaE Leibovitz
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Pediatr Infect Dis J 17:1126-31. 1998..To determine the bacteriologic efficacy of ceftriaxone in nonresponsive acute otitis media in children...
Early eradication of pathogens from middle ear fluid during antibiotic treatment of acute otitis media is associated with improved clinical outcomeR Dagan
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Pediatr Infect Dis J 17:776-82. 1998..To determine the relation between early bacteriologic eradication and clinical outcome of acute otitis media (AOM) in infants and young children treated with various antibiotics...
Medical management of chronic suppurative otitis media without cholesteatoma in childrenD M Fliss
Department of Otolaryngology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Pediatr 116:991-6. 1990..We conclude that intravenous wide-spectrum antibiotic therapy in conjunction with daily suction and débridement is efficacious for the treatment of chronic suppurative otitis media without cholesteatoma...
Bacteriologic efficacies of oral azithromycin and oral cefaclor in treatment of acute otitis media in infants and young childrenR Dagan
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 44:43-50. 2000..influenzae. It is proposed that susceptibility breakpoints for H. influenzae should be considerably lower than the current ones for both cefaclor and azithromycin for AOM caused by H. influenzae...
Antibiotic treatment in acute Otitis Media promotes superinfection with resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae carried before initiation of treatmentR Dagan
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84101, Israel
J Infect Dis 183:880-6. 2001..This is an important mechanism by which, in recently treated patients, AOM infections often become refractory to treatment...
Clinical/otologic score before and during treatment of acute otitis mediaR Satran
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Acta Paediatr 96:1814-8. 2007..To determine clinical characteristics of AOM at presentation and during therapy according to specific etiologies...
Otogenic lateral sinus thrombosis in childrenD M Kaplan
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 49:177-83. 1999..LST may appear in children as a complication of acute otitis media, but nowadays it is more frequently encountered in adults with long-standing chronic ear disease...
Treatment failures in otitis media--what can we learn?R Dagan
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Ear Nose Throat J 77:16-9; discussion 20-1. 1998....
Bacteriologic and clinical efficacy of one day vs. three day intramuscular ceftriaxone for treatment of nonresponsive acute otitis media in childrenE Leibovitz
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Pediatr Infect Dis J 19:1040-5. 2000..However, data regarding the bacteriologic and clinical efficacy of this regimen in the treatment of nonresponsive acute otitis media are incomplete...
The use of standardized orbital ultrasound in the diagnosis of sinus induced infections of the orbit in children: a preliminary reportD M Kaplan
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Soroka Medical Center and the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 48:155-62. 1999..In four of the cases, CT scan was inconclusive, while SUO was diagnostic. In this preliminary report, we conclude that SOU may be useful in the diagnosis of orbital infections...
Medical treatment of chronic suppurative otitis media without cholesteatoma in children--a two-year follow-upA Leiberman
Department of Otolaryngology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 24:25-33. 1992..The recurrence rate was not affected by the antibiotic regimen, age, duration of drainage before treatment or the presence of granulation tissue. No intracranial or intratemporal complications were observed during the follow-up period...
Circulating cytokines in patients undergoing tonsillectomy with fibrin glueL Stiller-Timor
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 76:419-22. 2012..The aim of this study is to objectively evaluate the efficacy of the use of fibrin glue Quixil - a human surgical sealer - in tonsillectomy, for the reduction of post-operative inflammatory response...
Detection of sinus-induced orbital mycosis with standardized orbital ultrasonography: a case reportD M Kaplan
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Ear Nose Throat J 80:576-8, 580, 582 passim. 2001..To the best of our knowledge, the role of SOU in diagnosing an orbital extension of a fungal infection of the paranasal sinuses has not been previously discussed in the literature...
Role of surgery in the management of otogenic meningitisY Slovik
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Laryngol Otol 121:897-901. 2007..In all cases, no pus or granulations were seen in the mastoid. Two patients fully recovered and one patient died. We review the literature and critically discuss the role, timing and preferred type of surgery for otogenic meningitis...
Acute mastoiditis in infancy: the Soroka experience: 1990-2000A Niv
Departments of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Box 151, 84101 Israel
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 68:1435-9. 2004..pneumonia was the most common pathogen isolated in middle ear fluid cultures, the involvement of S. pyogenes in AM was higher than that reported in AOM...
