title: Long-term follow-up of chronic therapy resistant purulent rhinitis in children.
abstract: Forty children diagnosed as having chronic purulent rhinitis unresponsive to medical and surgical management were studied. After a mean follow-up of six years and nine months the condition resolved spontaneously in 95% of the children, usually after reaching the age of 7 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Otten
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Aarem
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Grote
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D010919:Placebos; D011379:Prognosis; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D013492:Suppuration; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010919:Placebos; D000658:Amoxicillin