Study Finds No Drug Resistance In Sinus Treatments

Patients with chronic sinus infections do not appear to develop resistance to antibiotics taken for the condition if the drugs are closely matched to attack the bacteria involved, a study said on Monday. The finding is significant because sinus infections are the fifth leading reason for which antibiotics are prescribed in the United States, where up to 20 million people develop chronic sinus infections at some point in their lives, the report from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston said.