title: Presence of fungus in sinus cultures of cystic fibrosis patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sinonasal pathology is nearly universal in the cystic fibrosis (CF) population. The bacteriology of sinus cultures from CF patients and the implications of sinus bacterial pathogens in this group have been studied; however, sinus fungal isolates from CF patients have not been examined in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed 30 consecutive CF patients undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery at our institution for the presence of fungal isolates obtained from the sinuses at the time of surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-three percent of fungal cultures were positive in this sample; in addition, two patients were newly diagnosed with allergic fungal sinusitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We examine the possible implications of positive fungal sinus cultures in the CF population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Emory Clinic, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.forename: Todd T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Kingdom
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McKean
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: DelGaudio
authors.forename: Giridhar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Venkatraman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000382:microbiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*