Sinusitis: Follow-up

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Further Reading

Keywords

sinusitis, sinus inflammation, sinus infection, paranasal sinuses, inflammation of paranasal sinuses, infection of paranasal sinuses, nasopharyngeal flora, sinus disease, upper respiratory infections, URI, acute sinusitis, subacute sinusitis, chronic sinusitis, bacterial sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, severe allergic rhinitis, rhinoviral infection, maxillary sinusitis, Haemophilus influenzae, H influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, S pneumoniae, Bacteroides, Peptostreptococcus, Fusobacterium, Moraxella catarrhalis, M catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, S aureus, Candida, Aspergillus, Phycomycetes

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