Table 2.
Summary of medical therapy.
| ID | LDMs | Duration of LDMs (weeks) | Previous medication |
Co-intervention |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-LDM antibiotics | Steroids | Nasal irrigation | Other medications | Non-LDM antibiotics | steroids | nasal irrigation | other medications | |||
| 1 | Roxithromycin 150 mg 1 tab od | 8 | Cefditoren (100 mg) 1 tab oral bid 3 weeks | Fluticasone furoate spray 1 puff bid | Nasal saline irrigation bid | 0.03% Ipratropium, bromide spray 2 puff qid | None | Fluticasone furoate spray 1 puff bid | Nasal saline irrigation bid | 0.03% Ipratropium, bromide spray 2 puff qid |
| 2 | Clarithromycin 500 mg 1 tab od | 9 | Cefditoren (100 mg) 1 tab oral bid 3 weeks | Mometasone furoate spray 1 puff bid | Nasal saline irrigation | 0.05% Oxymetazoline nasal spray 2 puff bid | None | Mometasone furoate spray 1 puff bid | Nasal saline irrigation bid | 0.05% Oxymetazoline nasal spray 2 puff bid |
| 3 | Roxithromycin 150 mg 1 tab od | 22 | Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (1 g) 1 tab oral bid 2 weeks, levofloxacin (500 mg) 1 tab oral od 1 week, moxifloxacin (400 mg) 1 tab oral od 1 week | Mometasone furoate spray 1 puff bid | Nasal saline irrigation bid | Montelukast (5) 1 tab oral hs, desloratadine (5) 1 tab oral hs | None | Mometasone furoate spray 1 puff bid | Nasal saline irrigation bid | None |
| 4 | Clarithromycin 3.25 mg/kg/day | 17 | Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (1 g) 1 tab, oral bid 2 weeks, levofloxacin (500 mg) 1 tab oral od 1 week, moxifloxacin (400 mg) 1 tab oral od 1 week | Fluticasone furoate spray 1 puff bid | Nasal saline irrigation bid | 0.05% Oxymetazoline nasal spray 2 puff bid, montelukast (5) 1 tab, oral hs, desloratadine (5) 1 tab oral hs | None | Fluticasone furoate spray 1 puff bid | Nasal saline irrigation | Montelukast (5) 1 tab oral hs |
| 5 | Clarithromycin 3.25 mg/kg/day | 17 | Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (1 g) 1 tab oral bid 2 weeks, levofloxacin (500 mg) 1 tab oral od 1 week, moxifloxacin (400 mg) 1 tab oral od 1 week, 0.05% | Fluticasone furoate spray 1 puff bid | Nasal saline irrigation bid | Oxymetazoline nasal spray 2 puff bid, montelukast (5) 1 tab oral hs, desloratadine (5) 1 tab oral hs | None | Fluticasone furoate spray 1 puff bid | Nasal saline irrigation bid | Montelukast (5) 1 tab oral hs |
| 6 | Clarithromycin 250 mg od | 12 | Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (1 g) 1 tab, oral bid 3 weeks | Budesonide (1 mg) in normal saline 250 mL nasal irrigation od | None | None | Budesonide(1 mg) in normal saline 250 mL nasal irrigation od | None | ||
ID: identification number; LDMs: low-dose macrolides; tab: tablet; od: once a day; bid: two times a day; qid: four times a day; hs: before sleep.