Table 5.
CRS in adults 17 to 79 years of age
| Author | Year | No. of patients | Sterilization | Quantitation | Aspiration | Biopsy | Endoscopic | Antibiotic | WBC | Microorganism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doyle and Woodham57 (6 wk) | 1991 | 59 | Yes | + (semi) | − | + | − | + | + | CNS; SA; GNR |
| Hoyt58 | 1992 | 197 | NA | NA | + | + | − | NA | − | CNS; SA; GNR |
| Hsu et al59 | 1998 | 34 | No | − | − | − | + | NA | NA | CNS; VS; GNR; SA |
| Biel et al60 (3 mo)* | 1998 | 174 | No | − | − | − | + | + | NA | CNS; SA; VS; anaerobes |
| Brook and Frazier61 (3 mo) | 2001 | 108 | Yes | − | + | − | − | NA | NA | SA; VS; PA; anaerobes; ++ |
| Jiang et al62 (3 mo)* | 2002 | 186 | Yes | − | − | − | + | NA | NA | CNS; GNR; SA |
| Finegold et al63* | 2002 | 150 | NA | − | + | − | NA | NA | GNR; ACS; anaerobes; ++; |
WBC, White blood cell; CNS, coagulase-negative staphylococcus; SA, Staphylococcus aureus; GNR, gram-negative enteric rods; NA, not available; VS, viridans streptococci; ACS, acute community-acquired pathogens; ++;, peptostreptococcus, prevotella, fusobacterium.
*
Prospective.