RT Journal
A1 Garbutt J, Spitznagel E, Piccirillo J
T1 ACute rhinosinusitis treatment—reply
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD June 13
VO 307
IS 22
SP 2368
OP 2370
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.4393
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.4393
AB 
Because our goal was to determine if the clinical guidelines1 for the management of acute rhinosinusitis effectively identified those who would benefit from antibiotic treatment, we used those diagnostic criteria. We think it is unlikely that most patients simply had a cold because the median symptom duration was 10 days (mean, 11.2 days) and all participants described their symptoms as moderate or severe, not improving, or worsening.