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Tuesday, October 19, 2004Bhattacharyya said chronic sinusitis patients often develop resistance to key antibiotics after taking pills an average of three months during a 12-to-18-month period. But he said patients whose doctors first make sure bacteria is indeed causing the sinus problem, then identify the specific bacteria with a nose swab and match medicine to that bacteria are far less likely to develop an antibiotic resistance. Bhattacharyya and colleagues tracked 90 patients over seven years. The bacteria in their sinuses were measured with regular nose swabs and antibiotics were pinpointed to battle specific infections. Bhattacharyya said about 12 percent of patients started to develop antibiotic resistance after 18 months following this strategy. Without targeting antibiotics to the specific bugs, nearly a third of patients developed antibiotic resistance, he said. posted by Sydney on 10/19/2004 08:25:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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