Acute Community-Acquired Bacterial Sinusitis: The Value of Antimicrobial Treatment and the Natural History

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-233

  Gwaltney Jr , Jack M ^a   Wiesinger, Barbara A ^b,c   Patrie, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Novartis Pharmaceutical ^*

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACAMPICILLIN; CEFACLOR; CEFDINIR; CEFIXIME; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLACILLIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LORACARBEF; PLACEBO;

ACUTE COMMUNITY ACQUIRED BACTERIAL SINUSITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PARANASAL SINUS; PATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SINUSITIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NATURAL HISTORY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642538331     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380641     Document Type: Review

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