Intravenous antibiotics for refractory rhinosinusitis in nonsurgical patients: Preliminary findings of a prospective study

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 363-368

  Anand, Vijay ^a,e   Levine, Howard ^b   Friedman, Michael ^c   Krespi, Yosef ^d   Panje, William ^c   Schettino, Raymond ^e   Stankiewicz, James ^f   Tichenor, Wellington ^e   Kacker, Ashutosh ^a   Horn, Corinne ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Cleveland Nasal Sinus and Sleep Center   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Loyola University Health System ^*  (United States)

^f LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ERUPTION; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEUTROPENIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPTICEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 9144223616     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194589240301700609     Document Type: Article

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