Macrolide therapy for chronic rhinosinusitis: A meta-analysis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 366-373

  Pynnonen, Melissa A ^a   Venkatraman, Giri ^b   Davis, Greg E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Chronic sinusitis; Human; Macrolide; Meta analysis; Rhinitis; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; BECLOMETASONE; BROMHEXINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; ROXITHRYOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; META ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876079276     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812470427     Document Type: Article

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