Impact of first-line vs second-line antibiotics for the treatment of acute uncomplicated sinusitis

JAMA

Volumn 286, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1849-1856

  Piccirillo, Jay F ^a   Mager, Douglas E ^b   Frisse, Mark E ^b   Brophy, Robert H ^a   Goggin, Andrew ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Express Scripts Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LORACARBEF; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORBIT CELLULITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035904367     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.286.15.1849     Document Type: Article

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