%0 Journal Article
%T Impact of antibiotics on smell dysfunction
%A Jing-Jie Wang
%A Jonathan Chen
%A Richard L. Doty
%J Archive of "World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery".
%D 2018
%R 10.1016/j.wjorl.2018.03.002
%X Viral or bacterial respiratory infections can cause long-lasting olfactory dysfunction. Antibiotic therapy is indicated in severe cases; however, it is unclear whether antibiotic use produces a positive, negative, or null effect on olfactory function. This retrospective study sought to determine whether antibiotic use has an influence on odor identification and detection threshold test scores of patients with smell dysfunction secondary to upper respiratory infections (URIs), lower respiratory infections (LRIs), or rhinosinusitis
%K Antibiotics
%K Rhinosinusitis
%K Viruses
%K Bacteria
%K Olfaction
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6051305/