title: [Bacterial examination of sinusitis using antral puncture and irrigation].
abstract: Aerobic bacterial examination for sinusitis was conducted using specimens from maxillary sinuses collected by antral puncture in 540 patients--284 men and 256 women aged 6-89 years--between May 1999 and April 2000. We obtained 528 strains of bacteria. Our results were as follows: 1. We obtained 303 pathogens from 540 patients. In acute sinusitis, the most frequently found was Streptococcus pneumoniae (30.4%), followed by Hemophilus influenzae (27.7%). In chronic cases, the most frequently found was Streptococcus pneumoniae (16.0%), followed by Hemophilus influenzae (15.1%) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (12.6%). 2. We found an increase in bacteria resistant to multiple drugs, with 11.1% of the Staphylococcus aureus isolates methicillin-resistant in acute sinusitis and 40% methicillin-resistant in chronic sinusitis, and that 30.6% of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates were penicillin-resistant. 3. Ciclacillin was effective against 64.7% of all pathogens isolated in this study, cefpodoxime proxetil effective against 6.5%, and cefixime effective against 2.4%. 4. In considering pathogens, we therefore choose antibiotics and make a maxillary aspiration puncture.
authors.affiliation: Maeda Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mie University, School of Medicine, Mie.
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furuta
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Tarou
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011677:Punctures; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation