Acute bacterial sinusitis: current concepts in antibiotic therapy

Acute bacterial sinusitis in children.

On the basis of strong research evidence, the pathogenesis of sinusitis involves 3 key factors: sinusostia obstruction, ciliary dysfunction, and thickening of sinus secretions. On the basis of studies of the microbiology of otitis media, H influenzae is playing an increasingly important role in the etiology of sinusitis, exceeding that of S pneumoniae in some areas, and b-lactamase production b...

Acute community-acquired bacterial sinusitis: continuing challenges and current management.

Acute sinusitis is one of the most common infections seen in general clinical practice. The most common cause of acute sinusitis is viral; however, many patients receive a prescription for an antibiotic. Such injudicious prescribing habits have a major impact on health care costs, contribute to the increasing prevalence of drug-resistant strains of common respiratory pathogens, and reflect many...

Commentary: antibiotic recommendations for acute otitis media and acute bacterial sinusitis in 2013--the conundrum.

BACTERIAL ETIOLOGIES AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN SINUSITIS: A STUDY OF 264 CASES

Although inflammatory processes involving facial sinuses rarely develop during childhood, these antrums due to their anatomic situations are exposed to a variety of biologic and nonbiologic agents after birth. Many types of bacteria are able to initiate inflammatory responses in these antrums. Since effective management of these patients rests upon demonstration of a specific pathogen and ...

Current Antibiotic Therapy

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