title: Bacteriology of antrum in children with chronic maxillary sinusitis.
abstract: Swabs from 93 chronically inflamed maxillary sinuses in children were taken from aerobic and anaerobic bacteria during endoscopy. Bacterial growth was present in 87/93 specimens (93%). Anaerobic bacteria were isolated in 81/87 culture-positive specimens (93%) and were recovered alone in 61 cases (70%) and mixed with aerobic or faculative bacteria in 20 (23%). Aerobic or facultative bacteria were present alone in six cases (7%). A total of 261 isolates (3/specimen), 19 (2.4/specimen) anaerobes and 69 (2.6/specimen) aerobes or facultatives, were isolated. The predominant anaerobic organisms were Bacteroides sp. and anaerobic cocci; the predominant aerobes or facultatives were Streptococcus sp. and Staphylococcus aureus. These findings indicate the important role of anaerobic organisms in chronic sinusitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Erciyes School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erkan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soysal
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bozdemir
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haghighi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000382:microbiology*; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification