American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 78-82, March 2007

Moxifloxacin vs amoxicillin/clavulanate in the treatment of acute sinusitis☆

  • José R. Arrieta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospital General “Dr. Manuel Gea González”, Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Alejandro S. Galgano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departmento de Otorrinolaringologia, Policlínico Bancario, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Eulalia Sakano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clínica e Hospital de Otorrinolaringologia do Instituto Penido Bunier Ltda. Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Ximena Fonseca, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Otorrinolaringología, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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  • Carlos F. Amábile-Cuevas, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Fundación LUSARA, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fundación Lusara, Apartado Postal 102-006, 08930, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. Tel.: +52 55 5219 5855; fax: +52 55 5219 5855.
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  • Gerardo Hernández-Oliva, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dirección Médica, Bayer de México S.A. de C.V., Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Raul Vivar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dirección Médica, Bayer de México S.A. de C.V., Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Gerardo González, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dirección Médica, Bayer de México S.A. de C.V., Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Arturo Torres, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dirección Médica, Bayer de México S.A. de C.V., Mexico City, Mexico
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  • the Moxifloxacin in Acute Sinusitis Study (MASS) Latin American Study Group

      Affiliations

    • The MASS Latin American Study Group. Mexico: G Hernández-Valencia, J Mañé-Ramírez, B Robles-Mariscal, E Obispo, L Hernández-Portilla, JL Vargas-Jiménez, JJ Viveros-Romero, J González-Anguiano, R Espinosa-Ulloa, J Cruz-Ponce, J Treviño-Garza, F Velásquez-Vargas, C Pane-Pianese, R Magallón, JJ Ceja, J Olguín, MR Rivera, J Pérez, Y Hernández, A Hernández. Argentina: C Ranieri, G Martínez-Goya, H Murga, H Murga Jr, G Kaminszczik, P Ontivero, C Borzi, E Goebel. Brazil: C Cidade Gomes, R Guimarães Pereira, A Miniti, L Ubirajara Sennes, R Ferreira Bento, P Santoro, L Weckx, M Scarpin Teixeira, M Mocellin, W Anselmo, S Pancotti, MSC Christo, SAC Salas. Chile: J Abiuso, F Galleguillos, P Sepúlveda, S Sanhueza, C Silva, P Matamala, A Samith, R Flaskamp.

Received 3 March 2006

Authors G H-O, RV (now at Roche), GG (now in private practice), and AT (now at Abbott) were members of the staff of Bayer de México at that time; all other authors state that although they received a grant from Bayer to conduct this study, results were in no way modified in favor of the sponsor's product.

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☆ This study was supported by Bayer AG (Pharma Research Center and Medical Research Department), Wuppertal, Germany, and Bayer de México, SA de CV, Mexico City, Mexico.

PII: S0196-0709(06)00124-4

doi:10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.06.016

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 78-82, March 2007

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