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In numerous cases of head and facial pain, the underlying causes are found to be ENT problems. The most common cause of pain affecting the forehead and mid-facial region is acute sinusitis, in which the sphenoidal sinus is more commonly affected than previously assumed. Pain in the oral-facial region is largely due to disorders of the masticatory apparatus, but inflammatory diseases of the oral mucosa, abscesses or the so-called Eagle syndrome may also be involved. An accurate history and a clinical examination often points the physician in the right direction. To establish an accurate diagnosis, endoscopy of the upper airways and digestive system, together with ultrasonography, are usually required, followed, where necessary, by a radiological and NMR work-up, and puncture or biopsy. Provided that an accurate diagnosis has been established and multidisciplinary cooperation is available, the therapeutic options are usually effective.
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PMID:[Also consider sinusitis in facial pain: wisdown tooth, tumor, acute parotitis]. 1281 73

In this prospective study we compared the efficiency of azithromycin and amoxicillin-clavulanate in treatment of acute sinusitis in children. Seventy patients were included in the age between 5 and 15 years. Beside ENT and pediatricians examination, nasal and throat smear on culture and antibiogram is taken from all the patients, as well as, X-ray of paranasal sinuses and laboratory findings, followed by check-up of nasal and throat smear and X-ray of paranasal sinuses. Azithromycin in single daily dose of 10 mg/kg during three days showed same efficiency as amoxicillin-clavulanate given three times per day in dose of 45 mg/kg during ten days.
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PMID:Azythromicin versus amoxicillin-clavulanate in the treatment of acute sinusitis in children. 1717 56

Despite modern achievements in diagnostics and treatment, invasive and non-invasive pneumococcal infections remain a topical public health problem. To a large extent, it is connected with the absence or inconsistence of evidence-based information on this kind of infection. In this paper, retrospective analysis of the incidence of pneumococcal infections was performed on the basis of medical records available today in every health institution; the peculiarities of their nosologic structure were revealed. Among invasive forms, pneumococcal pneumonias prevailed (50.06%); apparent hypodiagnostics of pneumococcal meningitis was noted (only 4.02%). Among non-invasive forms, acute otitis with various complications prevailed (47.5%), acute sinusitis was registered in 37.5% of cases, and other ENT diseases (sphenoiditis, frontitis, ethmoiditis, etc.) were registered in 15% of cases. The study found that the main risk factors in these patients had been different ENT diseases which the patients had suffered from during the previous three months before the actual illness. Thus, the necessity for the development and perfection of techniques of microbiological diagnostics and the development of epidemiological control methods on their basis are obvious.
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PMID:[Epidemiological analysis of the incidence of invasive and non-invasive pneumococcal infections in different population groups]. 1803 Jul 13


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