2014
DOI: 10.1177/0194599814522595
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No Evidence for Distinguishing Bacterial from Viral Acute Rhinosinusitis Using Symptom Duration and Purulent Rhinorrhea: A Systematic Review of the Evidence Base

Abstract: We included 1 study with moderate risk of bias, reporting data in such a manner that we could not assess the value of symptom duration and purulent rhinorrhea in adults suspected of having acute bacterial rhinosinusitis. Recommendations to distinguish between a viral and a bacterial source based on purulent rhinorrhea are not supported by evidence, and the decision to prescribe antibiotic treatment should not depend on its presence. Based on judgment driven by theory and subsidiary evidence of a greater likeli… Show more

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“…Current evidence suggests that symptoms alone such as purulent nasal discharge, fever, or facial pain cannot distinguish between viral or bacterial infection. 132,133 For these reasons, studies that directly sample the sinuses during an infection are needed. Autio et al 124 found that up to 84% of patients presenting with ABRS had viral nucleic acid detected during the early phase of the disease (days 2 to 3), and a coinfection with bacteria (56%) during the viral infection was found to correlate with worse disease scores.…”
Section: Vb Ars: Pathophysiologymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Current evidence suggests that symptoms alone such as purulent nasal discharge, fever, or facial pain cannot distinguish between viral or bacterial infection. 132,133 For these reasons, studies that directly sample the sinuses during an infection are needed. Autio et al 124 found that up to 84% of patients presenting with ABRS had viral nucleic acid detected during the early phase of the disease (days 2 to 3), and a coinfection with bacteria (56%) during the viral infection was found to correlate with worse disease scores.…”
Section: Vb Ars: Pathophysiologymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…ABRS is frequently a complication of a viral URI, and the symptoms associated with these conditions overlap greatly. 132,133 Duration is a key factor distinguishing ABRS from a common cold, with persistence of symptoms beyond 10 days or worsening of symptoms after 5 days being indicators of development of post-viral ABRS. 4,132,154,155 The ability to determine whether bacterial infection is present in ARS is challenging in the primary care setting, particularly without endoscopy or imaging.…”
Section: Vc Ars: Diagnosismentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Напротив, при бактериальном ОС симптомы сохраняются более 10 дней, не отмечается тенденции к их уменьшению, также возможно повторное ухудшение состояния после некоторого улучшения в течение первых 10 дней заболевания [3]. Обильные гнойные выделения наиболее характерны для бактериального ОС и часто коррелируют с его рентгенографическим подтверждени-ем, тем не менее эти признаки, так же как и наличие фебрилитета и болей в области лица, нельзя считать абсолютным доказательством развития у пациента бакте-риального ОС [13]. В силу того, что рентгенологическое исследования не позволяет дифференцировать бактери-альный ОС от вирусного, во многих руководствах оно не является обязательным для постановки диагноза и не рекомендуется при неосложненном течении ОС [14].…”
Section: диагностикаunclassified
“…Между тем M. van den Broek и соавт. [43] счита ют, что дифференциальная диагностика между ви русным и бактериальным риносинуситом на осно вании продолжительности симптомов заболевания и наличия гнойной ринореи невозможна. Первый же вариант клинической манифестации бактери ального риносинусита аналогичен таковому при грибковом риносинусите: молниеносное без каких либо симптомов в продромальном периоде начало заболевания (повышение температуры тела, появле ние резкой головной боли, затруднение дыхания че рез нос, обильное гнойное отделяемое из носа) на фоне полного благополучия [44].…”
Section: определения классификации этиология и эпидемиология риносиunclassified