Outpatient diagnosis of acute bacterial sinusitis, using only traditional physical examination and clinical criteria, results in the overuse of antibiotics in patients with upper respiratory complaints. Point-of-care maxillary sinus ultrasound is easy to learn and quick to perform in a primary care clinic. The technique can reduce antibiotic prescribing by…
Abstract:Trichomonal disease typically involves the genital and occasionally respiratory tracts. Although exposure of the upper respiratory tract to infected genital secretions is not uncommon with contemporary sexual practices, trichomonal sinus disease has been rarely described. The present report describes the case of a healthy 17-year-old male admitted to an intensive…
Oral steroids are the main therapy for sensorineural deafness. We present the rare case of a patient whose hearing loss associated with inflammation of the inner ear and chronic sinusitis were improved with topical steroid therapy. A 68-year-old male presented with scleritis in the left eye, inflammation of the inner…
Objective: Telithromycin, the first approved ketolide antibiotic, was developed to treat community-acquired respiratory tract infections, including acute bacterial maxillary sinusitis (ABMS). A previously published study showed that a 5-day course of 800 mg telithromycin once daily is as effective as a 10-day course in the treatment of ABMS. Materials and…
History, physical examination, and allergy testing may distinguish the syndromes of rhinitis, classified as allergic, infectious, perennial, nonallergic, and miscellaneous. All may be associated with sinusitis, probably on the basis of obstruction of the osteomeatal complex. Although topical nasal steroids are useful in the treatment of all forms of rhinitis,…
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