monet
01-09-2003, 07:40 PM
what is the best antibiotic for sinusitis?
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View Full Version : sinusitis monet 01-09-2003, 07:40 PM what is the best antibiotic for sinusitis? save10 01-09-2003, 11:07 PM First a very good percentage of sinusitis is viral...but if bacterial microbiology is about 38% Hflu and 38% Strep Pneumo. This is similar to AOM which is why kids with Otitis often also get sinusitis. In the real world you'd probably never get a culture unless it was really toxic or never went away. So empircally Amoxicillin is usually the first choice (like in AOM) ...then Augmentin...and if allergic Erytromycin/quinolone...etc. |