Abstracts in Urgent Care: March, 2012

Symptoms May Say Sinusitis, But Scans Disagree Key point: Infection and even inflammation were not reliably present in the scans of patients with classic sinusitis symptoms. Citation: Ferguson BJ, Narita M, Yu VL, et al. Prospective observational study of chronic rhinosinusitis: Environment triggers and antibiotic implications. Clin Infect Dis. 2010; 54(1): 62-68. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir747) Chronic sinusitis can be difficult to diagnose precisely and sometimes even more difficult to treat. Increasingly, experts are suggesting that antibiotics may …

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