Value of short-course antimicrobial therapy in acute bacterial rhinosinusitis

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages

  Hadley, James A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University Otolaryngology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis; Antibiotics; Azithromycin microspheres; Short course therapy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; MICROSPHERE; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOOSE FECES; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OTITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 33644904072     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(05)80323-1     Document Type: Article

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