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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
Repeated aspirations of sinus secretions by endoscopy was performed in five patients over a period of 34-50 days and, ultimately, surgical drainage was done in three who presented with acute maxillary sinusitis that did not respond to antimicrobial therapy and became chronic. The aspirates were cultured for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Most of the bacteria isolated from the first culture were aerobic or facultative bacteria: Streptococcus pneumoniae (three isolates), Haemophilus influenzae non-type-b (two) and Moraxella catarrhalis (one). Three of these cultures yielded bacteria that were resistant to the antimicrobial agents prescribed for treatment. Failure to respond to therapy was associated with the emergence of resistant aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in subsequent aspirates. These organisms included Fusobacterium nucleatum, pigmented Prevotella and Porphyromonas spp. and Peptostreptococcus spp. Eradication of the infection was achieved in all instances following the administration of antimicrobial agents effective against these bacteria, and in three instances by surgical drainage. This study illustrates the microbial dynamics of maxillary sinusitis that did not respond to antimicrobial therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-2615
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
372-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Bacteria, Aerobic, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Bacteria, Anaerobic, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Drainage, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Drug Resistance, Microbial, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Endoscopy, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Fusobacterium, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Haemophilus influenzae, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Inhalation, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Maxillary Sinus, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Maxillary Sinusitis, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Peptostreptococcus, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Porphyromonas, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Prevotella, pubmed-meshheading:8918954-Streptococcus pneumoniae
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Microbiology of the transition from acute to chronic maxillary sinusitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University, Alachua General Hospital, Gainesville, FL, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article