Diagnosis and treatment of sinusitis

Table 3: Microbial causes of community-acquired acute bacterial sinusitis [14,17,56­59]
OrganismMean % (and range) of cases
AdultsChildren
Streptococcus pneumoniae34 (23­54)41 (36­47)
Haemophilus influenzae35 (19­60)29 (27­32)
Anaerobes6 (0­10)0
Staphylococcus aureus4 (0­8)0
Streptococcus pyogenes2 (1­3)2 (2)
Moraxella catarrhalis2 (0­8)26 (23­27)
Gram-negative bacteria4 (0­11)2 (2)

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