Abstract:Background Chronic rhinosinusitis is a disease that afflicts a significant percentage of the population and causes considerable long-term morbidity. The initial treatment is clinical evaluation followed by starting empirical antibiotics. With the use of empirical antibiotics there is a possibility of aggravating the disease and leading to the persistence of chronic sinusitis. In order to start a protocol for rational use of antibiotics, we need to have the bacteriological profile in cases of chronic rhinosinus… Show more
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