Do simple laboratory tests help in etiologic diagnosis in acute maxillary sinusitis?

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 529, 1997, Pages 144-147

  Savolainen, S ^a   Jousimies Somer, H ^b   Karjalainen, J ^a   Ylikoski, J ^c  

^a CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; C reactive protein; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROBIOLOGY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0030611523     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709124107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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