sinusitis

Synopsis: Health: Illness: Otorhinolaryngologic diseases: Nose diseases: Sinusitis:

ScienceDaily_2014 00393.txt

#Experimental rapid test could tell sinusitis sufferers if they need antibiotics...or just patience It's that time of the year where a perfect storm of fall allergies

However, many patients will end up with a diagnosis of bacterial sinusitis and a prescription for antibiotics--despite evidence showing that in most cases,

Now, researchers from The Ohio State university Wexner Medical center and Nationwide Children's Hospital have developed a new rapid screening test that could help physicians know exactly what type of sinusitis they are dealing with

and less than 5 minutes later, physicians will be able to more confidently prescribe antibiotics for the estimated 10 percent of sinusitis sufferers who actually need them,

Bacteria behaving badly Das first became interested in diagnostics as an otolaryngology resident during research to find potential biomarkers of sinusitis in the blood.

"Research has shown that people with chronic sinusitis often have bacteria in their sinuses that have created biofilms--communities of bacteria with sticky protective covers that help them evade antibiotics and flourish unchecked.

In the process, they developed a novel chinchilla model of bacterial sinusitis following a viral infection.

not only help dramatically reduce the overuse of antibiotics in sinusitis, but could also be used to identify other types of pathogenic respiratory bacteria

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