`` Compared to placebo , amoxicillin does n't seem to provide any benefits , '' says lead author Jane Garbutt , an associate professor at the Washington University School of Medicine , in St. Louis . Doctors still prescribing antibiotics for sinus infections , despite evidence they do n't work . Comment: Even bacterial sinus infections rarely require antibiotic treatment , the CDC says .
Doctors still prescribing antibiotics for sinus infections , despite evidence they do n't work . Comment: Even bacterial sinus infections rarely require antibiotic treatment , the CDC says .