Optimal duration of macrolide treatment for chronic sinusitis after endoscopic sinus surgery

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 366-372

  Nakamura, Yoshihisa ^a   Suzuki, Motohiko ^a   Yokota, Makoto ^a   Ozaki, Shinya ^a   Ohno, Nobuaki ^a   Hamajima, Yuki ^a   Nakayama, Meiho ^a   Hashiba, Motoyuki ^a   Murakami, Shingo ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic rhinosinusitis; Clarithromycin; Endoscopic sinus surgery; Postoperative macrolide treatment; Treatment duration

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PIPERACILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINORRHEA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARANASAL SINUSES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877001698     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: 18791476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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