FARHADI M, BEHZADIAN NEJAD G, FATHOLLAHZADEH B, MOAZAMI N, HOLAKOEI K. BACTERIAL ETIOLOGIES AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN SINUSITIS: A STUDY OF 264 CASES. Med J Islam Repub Iran 1989; 3 (1 and 2) :1-7
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From the Department of Otolaryngology, Shaheed Rahnamon Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, and the Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Abstract: (4397 Views)
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 testing the organism(s) for
sensitivity to a variety of antimicrobial agents and due to the fact that there
are distinct epidemiological features in certain regions with respect to the
etiologies, we have randomly selected 264 patients with sinusitis from several
Tehran hospitals in order to estimate the frequency with which various
organisms may cause the condition and to evaluate antibiotic potency and
efficacy in eradicating the condition.
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In 62.12 percent of cases the causative organisms could be cultured, in
32.3% of which more than one genus of bactria were isolated. The most
common bacterium in this setting was Staphylococcus aureus followed in
order by pneumococcus, enterobacteriaceae, haemophilus, pseudomonas
and branhamella. The sensitivity of these organisms to various antibiotics
(suitable in each case) were studied as well.