Question

1. What are the common pathogens for acute sinusitis?
2. List the top three antimicrobials indicated in the literature or in guidelines for non-allergic (bacterial) sinusitis. Discuss the pharmacokinetics/dynamics, side effects, and contraindications of each.
3. What are the costs of each of these three antimicrobials?

B

1. What is the most common organism for pharyngitis?
2. How is it diagnosed?
3. Locate the most up-to-date clinical practice guideline for management of pharyngitis and discuss its recommendations. Provide a link to the reference and use APA format to site the source.
4. What are the treatment choices for someone with an allergy to PCN?

Answer 1

Answer: The common pathogen for acute sinusitis includes Streptococcus pyogenes, streptococcus pneumoniae etc. It is a part of nasal flora and hence it infects patients. This affects near about 35 million people in the USA. In the sinusitis, there is occurance of the inflammation of the paranasal sinuses lining.