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Abstract:

A 54-year-old male with 6 months of right-sided nasal obstruction, cheek pressure, and yellow to green foul-smelling anterior and posterior nasal drainage

No other complaints

22-item Sino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22) result: 16

He has had three 2-week courses of augmentin (875 mg twice per day [BID]) based on an outside sinus culture demonstrating methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA); each course gave temporary relief.

Past medical history (PMH), past surgical history (PSH), social history (SH), family history (FH): none

Sinus computed tomography (CT) scan and nasal endoscopy are performed.

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