Comparison of antibiotics with placebo for treatment of acute sinusitis: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 543-552

  Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b,c   Giannopoulou, Konstantina P ^a   Vardakas, Konstantinos Z ^a   Dimopoulos, George ^a,d   Karageorgopoulos, Drosos E ^a  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GEMIFLOXACIN; KETOLIDE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN V; PLACEBO; PRISTINAMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TELITHROMYCIN;

ACUTE SINUSITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49349083916     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70202-0     Document Type: Review

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