Symptoms and clinical and radiological signs predicting the presence of pathogenic bacteria in acute rhinosinusitis

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 192-196

  Lacroix, J Silvain ^a   Ricchetti, Alma ^a   Lew, Daniel ^a   Delhumeau, Cécile ^a   Morabia, Alfredo ^a   Stalder, Hans ^a   Terrier, François ^a   Kaiser, Laurent ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute sinusitis; Azithromycin; Common cold; Haemophilus influenzae; Moraxella catarrhalis; Rhinosinusitis; Streptoccocus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHINOSINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AZITHROMYCIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036213124     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480252814216     Document Type: Article

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