Significance of Streptococcus milleri in acute rhinosinusitis with complications
| Autor: | C A J Prescott, N M Rankhethoa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Male Reoperation medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Adolescent medicine.disease_cause Statistics Nonparametric South Africa Streptococcal Infections medicine Acute rhinosinusitis Humans Sinusitis Child Retrospective Studies Rhinitis Streptococcus business.industry Streptococcus milleri Group Infant General Medicine Length of Stay Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Otorhinolaryngology Male patient Child Preschool Acute Disease Case note Female business Complication Hospital stay Streptococcus milleri |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of laryngology and otology. 122(8) |
| ISSN: | 1748-5460 0022-2151 |
| Popis: | Objectives:To assess the significance of Streptococcus milleri in acute rhinosinusitis with complications.Methods:A retrospective case note review was undertaken of in-patients at both the Red Cross Children's Hopital and the Groote Schuur Hospital (for adults), Cape Town, South Africa, between 1999 and 2003, with a diagnosis of acute rhinosinusitis with complications. The following were documented: age, gender, complications, organisms cultured and their sensitivity, type and number of operations, and length of hospital stay.Results:Seventy-one case notes were reviewed, for 30 female and 41 male patients, representing 38 adults and 33 children. Streptococcus milleri was the most commonly implicated organism (52.1 per cent; 37/71). Patients from whom this organism was isolated tended to require more than one operative procedure, and had a protracted hospital stay. |
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