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Evaluation of the microbiology of chronic sinusitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Burçin Şener ,
Gülşen Hasçelik ,
Metin Önerci  and
Ferda Tunçkanat
Burçin Şener
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Gülşen Hasçelik*
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Metin Önerci
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Ferda Tunçkanat
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
*
Address for correspondence: Gülşelik, M.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, 06100, Ankara, Turkey
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Abstract

Chronic sinusitis is one of the most common diseases treated in outpatient centres. In this prospective study, 49 patients with the diagnosis of chronic maxillary sinusitis were evaluated microbiologically by using sinus swab, irrigation fluid and sinus mucosal tissue specimens obtained during endoscopic sinus surgery. There was no bacterial growth in seven cases. In the remaining 42 cases a total of 89 bacteria were isolated, 28 of them being classical pathogens and 61 being non-classical pathogens. Among the classical pathogens Staphylococcus aureus was the most common one. The correlation between the isolates obtained from maxillary sinus and isolates obtained from throat, nose and nasopharynx did not have a predictive value. Since the overall rate of classical pathogen isolation from patients with chronic sinusitis was not significantly high, the possible role of factors other than bacterial growth should be identified in the pathogenesis of chronic sinusitis.

Keywords

BacteriologySinusitis
Type
Main Articles
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 6 , June 1996 , pp. 547 - 550
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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