Publications by authors named "Margaret R Paglia"
Article Synopsis
- Sinusitis is a leading cause of antibiotic prescriptions in the U.S., costing nearly $4 billion yearly, and the study assessed levofloxacin’s effectiveness in treating acute maxillary sinusitis through a technique called serial sinus aspirate sampling (SSAS).
- Eighteen patients with confirmed acute maxillary sinusitis participated, and results showed that levofloxacin effectively eradicated all pathogens by the fourth day of treatment, with a median sterilization time of 1 day.
- While most signs and symptoms improved significantly after 5 days, the time to resolution varied, ranging from 1.5 to nearly 19 days, demonstrating a swift but variable response in symptom relief.