Aspergillus species in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis.
The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of Aspergillus spp. in the paranasal cavities of 40 patients with suspicion of chronic rhinosinusitis, by standard mycological as well as serological examinations. We found Aspergillus in nine of 37 patients.
Cameli-Rojas
Virginia
V
Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Universitario Caracas, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas.
Mata-Essayag
Sofía
S
de Capriles
Claudia Hartung
CH
Magaldi
Sylvia
S
de Pérez
Elizabeth Garrido
EG
Garrido
Liselotte
L
Balderrama-Caballero
David
D
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000908:Antibodies, Fungal / Q000097:blood; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000382:microbiology*; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014687:Venezuela
D000908:Antibodies, Fungal; D007075:Immunoglobulin M