Etiology and antimicrobial therapy of acute maxillary sinusitis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1979, Pages 197-202

  Hamory, Bruce H ^a,b   Sande, Merle A ^a,b   Sydnor, Austin ^a,b   Seale, Daniel L ^a,b   Gwaltney, Jack M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Martha Jefferson Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

DRUG THERAPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MAXILLARY SINUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THERAPY;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MAXILLARY SINUS; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VIRUSES;

EID: 0018391899     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/139.2.197     Document Type: Article

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