Sinusitis
Patients with prior sinusitis have greater rheumatic disease risk
Patients with prior sinusitis demonstrate an increased risk for many rheumatic diseases, including antiphospholipid syndrome, Sjögren’s disease and seronegative rheumatoid arthritis, according to data published in RMD Open.
Testing kids with suspected sinusitis for specific bacteria could curb antibiotic use
Testing children with suspected sinusitis for three species of bacteria could help cut down on antibiotic use, the results of a randomized clinical trial suggest.
Woman with COVID develops bilateral periorbital pain, edema
A 27-year-old woman was urgently transferred to Tufts Medical Center, from an outside hospital, for painful worsening facial cellulitis and pansinusitis. Her medical history was notable only for frontal bone fracture in 2001.
Sinusitis, ‘common cold’ may increase risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis
Sinusitis, acute respiratory tract burden and even pharyngitis — also known as the common cold — are potential risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis, according to data published in The Journal of Rheumatology.
Q&A: How to distinguish between COVID-19 and allergies, sinusitis
Treating patients with allergy-like symptoms can be difficult during the pandemic, especially when patients show signs that resemble COVID-19.
Patients with invasive fungal sinusitis treated successfully with isavuconazole
Patients treated with isavuconazole as primary or salvage therapy for invasive fungal sinusitis experienced overall survival rates of 82% at 42 days and 70% at 84 days, according to study results published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.