The Journal of laryngology and otology
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To assess the significance of Streptococcus milleri in acute rhinosinusitis with complications. ⋯ Seventy-one case notes were reviewed, for 30 female and 41 male patients, representing 38 adults and 33 children. Streptococcus milleri was the most commonly implicated organism (52.1 per cent; 37/71). Patients from whom this organism was isolated tended to require more than one operative procedure, and had a protracted hospital stay.