Anaerobic infection in chronic maxillary sinusitis.
1) Ten per cent of cases of chronic maxillary sinusitis in a series of 50 cases treated in the ENT department of Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, were caused by anaerobic infection. 2) The causative anaerobic micro-organisms encountered were Peptostreptococcus and Clostridium species. 3) Treatment should, therefore, include metronidazole, especially in those cases refractory to conventional antibiotic therapy.
Greval
R S
RS
E.N.T. Department, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana.
Khurana
S
S
Shobha
R
R
Sharma
S K
SK
D002908:Chronic Disease; D003015:Clostridium Infections; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; D006801:Humans; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010462:Peptostreptococcus