title: Mechanisms in adverse reactions to food. The sinuses.
abstract: Food allergy is an extremely rare cause of chronic sinusitis. Mucosal inflammation in chronic sinusitis is rarely caused by allergic reactions to foods but rather viral infections in the upper respiratory tract.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Høst
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000209:etiology*