Abstract
The paranasal sinuses can be a bacterial reservoir for pulmonary infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) METHODOLOGY: In this prospective, non-randomised, uncontrolled, intervention cohort study, the clinical effect of sinus surgery followed by two weeks` intravenous antibiotics, 6 months` antibiotic nasal irrigations was assessed in 106 CF patients.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Rhinology |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 222-30 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISSN | 0300-0729 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2013 |
Keywords
- Achromobacter
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Analysis of Variance
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage
- Burkholderia Infections
- Burkholderia cepacia complex
- Child
- Chronic Disease
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
- Humans
- Intervention Studies
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Paranasal Sinuses
- Prospective Studies
- Pseudomonas Infections
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Quality of Life
- Questionnaires
- Rhinitis
- Sinusitis
- Spirometry
- Therapeutic Irrigation
- Treatment Outcome