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MAJOR I. JEROME HAUSER; CAPTAIN WALTER P. WORK

Arch Otolaryngol. 1945;41(3):161-169.

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Cognizant of results being obtained in the treatment of streptococcic and staphylococcic infections with penicillin, we believed that this drug should also be effective in the therapy of certain types of sinusitis. During the past year we used penicillin in some of the many cases of suppurative sinus disease which came to our attention. It is desirable to describe at the very beginning the manner in which this study evolved and the experiences which eventually led us to employ penicillin in selected cases of suppuration of the paranasal sinuses. Because of the rather striking results which followed its use, we decided to report our observations in those cases in which penicillin was employed either alone or in conjunction with surgical treatment. Data were obtained which, we believe, enable us to begin to suggest the indications for its use in the treatment of suppuration of the sinuses.

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Author Affiliations
MEDICAL CORPS, ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES

Footnotes
Presented at the meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Chicago, Oct. 12, 1944.

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