The impact of endoscopic cultures on care in rhinosinusitis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1562-1568

  Cincik, Hakan ^a   Ferguson, Berrylin J ^b,c  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacterial infections; Chronic bacterial rhinosinusitis; Endoscopic aspirates; Microbial cultures; Microbiology; Purulence; Rhinosinusitis; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SECRETION; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHINOSINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33748574563     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000230402.66579.07     Document Type: Article

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