Intracellular residency is frequently associated with recurrent Staphylococcus aureus rhinosinusitis

• Published in: Rhinology Vol. 44; no. 4; p. 249
• Main Authors: Plouin-Gaudon, I, Clement, S, Huggler, E, Chaponnier, C, François, P, Lew, D, Schrenzel, J, Vaudaux, P, Lacroix, J S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 01.12.2006
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Carrier State; Chronic Disease; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nasal Mucosa - microbiology; Prospective Studies; Recurrence; Rhinitis - microbiology; Rhinitis - surgery; Risk Factors; Sinusitis - microbiology; Sinusitis - surgery; Staphylococcal Infections - complications; Staphylococcal Infections - surgery; Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Treatment Outcome

The prevalence of intracellular Staphylococcus aureus organisms in the nasal mucosa of patients with recurrent infectious rhinosinusitis episodes was studied. Twenty-seven consecutive adult patients who failed medical management of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) of multiple origins, associated or not...