Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute rhinosinusitis in adults: Background

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 703-710

  Hickner, John M ^a   Bartlett, John G ^b   Besser, Richard E ^c   Gonzales, Ralph ^d   Hoffman, Jerome R ^e   Sande, Merle A ^f  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; FACE PAIN; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; NOSE SECRETION; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RHINOSINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0035016935     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0196-0644(01)70089-3     Document Type: Article

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