A new study of US commercial insurance data suggests antibiotic prescribing for acute sinusitis frequently veers from expert recommendations. The study, published yesterday in Open Forum Infectious ...

Physicians often prescribe 10-day courses of antibiotics for acute bacterial sinusitis, which is considerably longer than recommended by evidence-based guidelines designed to limit antibiotic ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published guidelines on prescribing antibiotics in acute sinusitis (October 2017)1 and acute sore throat (January 2018).2 The guidelines ...

here is little benefit in replacing older and cheaper antibiotics by the latest and most expensive drugs when treating acute, uncomplicated here is little benefit in replacing older and cheaper ...

Antibiotics must often be used in treatment of sinusitis. Their choice is often empiric, since nasal cultures do not accurately reflect the pathological microbiology inside the sinuses ...

Since cultures are difficult to obtain and are unreliable without sinus puncture, antibiotics must be selected based upon up-to-date regional knowledge of likely pathogens. Studies have ...

Copyright: © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Few would now disagree that inappropriate use of antibiotics leads to emergence of antibiotic-resistant ...

Sinuses are moist air spaces in the bones of the face around the nose. There are four sets of sinuses —in the cheekbones, forehead, between the eyes, and behind the eyes and nasal passages. They’re ...

"Viral infections are often treated with rest, time and symptomatic treatment such as saline rinses and Flonase, while bacterial sinus infections are treated with antibiotics," Dr. Ahmed explains.

“The color of the mucus does not necessarily dictate that we need to start them on antibiotics. It really is whether or not they meet the criteria for a sinus infection. If it’s been 10 days ...