## Abstract ## Objectives/Hypothesis: Recently, several groups have noticed an increase in cases of advanced pediatric mastoiditis and intracranial complications. The objective of this study was to review the bacteriology of advanced mastoiditis in pediatric patients, with the hypothesis that a di
In Response to Advanced Pediatric Mastoiditis With and Without Intracranial Complications
β Scribed by Jose P. Zevallos; Jeffrey T. Vrabec; Robert A. Williamson; Carla Giannoni; Deidre Larrier; Marcelle Sulek; Ellen M. Friedman; John S. Oghalai
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 35 KB
- Volume
- 120
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0023-852X
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β¦ Synopsis
for their rigorous review of our article titled ''Advanced Pediatric Mastoiditis With and Without Intracranial Complications.'' On further review of the data, we find that they correctly point out that the v 2 analysis and Fischer exact test would have been more appropriate statistical tests to apply in this setting. In our study of advanced mastoiditis in children as published, we found that anaerobic infections were more common in patients who had intracranial complications. We have recalculated the data using the tests that Dr.
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