Incidence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Causing Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 939-941

  Manarey, Casey R A ^a   Anand, Vijay K ^a,b   Huang, Clark ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 2442520471     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200405000-00029     Document Type: Review

References (15)

1. Boyce JM, Opal SM, Potter-Bynoe G, Medeiros AA. Spread of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a hospital after exposure to a health care worker with chronic sinusitis. Clin Infect Dis 1993;17:496-504.
2. Barrett FF, McGehee RF, Finland M. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Boston City Hospital: bacteriologic and epidemiologic observations. N Engl J Med 1968; 279:441-448.
3. Boyce JM. Increasing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Stdphylococcus aureus in US. hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1990;11:639-642.
4. Fluckiger U, Widmer. Epidemiology of Methicillin-resistant Stdphylococcus aureus. Chemotherapy 1999;45:121-134.
5. Voss A, Milatovic D, Wallrauch-Schwarz D, et al. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Europe. Euro J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1994;13:50-55.
6. Boyce JM. Understanding and controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. Infec Control Hosp Epidemiol 2002;23:485-487.
7. Bradley SF. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: long term care concerns. Am J Med 1999;106:S2-S10.
8. Perl TM. The threat of vancomycin resistance. Am J Med 1999;106A:S26-S37.
9. Cherry DK, Burnt CW, Woodwell DA. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 1999 summary. Adv Data 2001:322.
10. Cherry DK, Woodwell DA. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2000 summary. Adv Data 2002;328:18-19.
11. Biel MA, Brown CA, Levinson RM, et al. Evaluation of chronic maxillary sinusitis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1998;107:942-945.
12. Ramadan HH. What is the bacteriology of chronic sinusitis in adults? Am J Otolaryngol 1995;16:303-306.
13. Jiang RS, Jang JW, Hsu CY. Post-functional endoscopic sinus surgery methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sinusitis. Am J Rhinol 1999;13:273-277.
14. Doyle PW, Woodham JD. Evaluation of the microbiology of chronic sinusitis. J Clin Microbiol 1991;29:2396-2400.
15. Susuki K, Nishiyama Y, Sugiyama K, et al. recent trends in clinical isolates from paranasal sinusitis. Acta Otolaryngol (Stock) 1996;525:51-55.