Case of Acute Osteomyelitis of Frontal Bone Secondary to Acute Frontal Sinusitis; Operation; Recovery
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Bacteriology of acute and chronic frontal sinusitis.
Aspirates of 15 acutely and 13 chronically infected frontal sinuses were processed for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. A total of 20 isolates (1.3 per specimen) were recovered from the 15 cases of acute frontal sinusitis, 16 aerobic and facultative isolates (1.1 per specimen) and 4 anaerobic isolates (0.3 per specimen). Aerobic and facultative organisms alone were recovered in 13 specimens (87%...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1917
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591571701000650