Current Practices: Antibiotic Use Following Placement of Nasal Packing

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, New York, USA.
² College of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, New York, USA.

Alexander E Graf et al. Clin Otolaryngol. 2024 Nov.

. 2024 Nov;49(6):810-813.

doi: 10.1111/coa.14198. Epub 2024 Jul 18.

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, New York, USA.
² College of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, New York, USA.

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Keywords: antibiotic selection; epistaxis; nasal packing; staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome.

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