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... per year, with 5% to 10% progressing into ABRS (8) Due to this reason, children may be particularly susceptible to rhinosinusitis The time from onset of symptoms was found to play an important ... due to osteomeatal obstruction and/or 42 Benninger and Gottschall Table Factors Predisposing to Bacterial Rhinosinusitis Primary (local) factors Viral URI Allergic/nonallergic rhinitis Anatomic ... of acute respiratory illness due to the common cold is two–three/year in the adult with 0.5% to 2% progressing into an ABRS (7) Children on average have six to eight upper respiratory infections...
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... Buchaman CA, Yellon RF, Bluestone CD Alternative to endoscopic sinus surgery in the management of pediatric chronic rhinosinusitis refractory to oral antimicrobial therapy Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg ... an attempt to deliver a strong course of steroids topically and spare the patient from the harmful systemic side effects Chronic Rhinosinusitis 227 TOPICAL ANTIBIOTIC IRRIGATIONS Topical preparations ... symptoms and also as a daily prophylactic measure in those who suffer from recurrent sinus infections and allergic symptoms Leukotriene inhibitors are systemic medications that block the receptor...
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... patients is frequently asymptomatic, it can be recurrent and refractory to usual medical management (47,48,70) Symptoms of sinusitis are often nonspecific and may be attributed to other causes Usually, ... 3) Histopathological examination is very useful in differentiating infection due to the zygomycetes, which show characteristic broad non-septate hyphae from infection due to other filamentous fungi ... culture of material from the sinuses often yields no organisms, but the histopathological picture is distinctive enough to make a diagnosis However, histopathology alone is inadequate to differentiate...
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