An informed consent was signed by the parents at enrollment. A second tympanocentesis was performed on Days 4 to 6 (72 to 120 h after initiation of therapy) in patients with positive initial ...

During a 9-year time span (1995-2003), the 2 authors at the Elmwood Pediatric Group, a community-based, private practice in suburban Rochester, NY, performed diagnostic tympanocentesis with ...