Acute Sinusitis in Children

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 409-424

  Brook, Itzhak ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Antimicrobials; Haemophilus influenzae; Rhinosinusitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFDINIR; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIGECYCLINE;

ACUTE SINUSITIS; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL SINUSITIS; CELLULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASAL LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT DISEASE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIOSTITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOM; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPERINFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84875297503     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2012.12.002     Document Type: Review

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