title: Effect of a moustache on nasal Staphylococcus aureus colonisation and nasal cytology results in men.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study compared the results of nasal Staphylococcus aureus carriage and nasal cytology in men with and without a moustache.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study group comprised 118 adult men with a moustache, and the control group consisted of 123 adult men without a moustache. Samples were taken from the participants' right nasal cavity for cytology and from the left nasal cavity for microbiology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results for S aureus were positive in 19.5 per cent (n = 23) of participants with a moustache and in 20.3 per cent (n = 25) of men without a moustache. This difference was not significant (p > 0.05). However, nasal cytology revealed rich eosinophil clusters in participants with a moustache.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The presence or absence of a moustache had no effect on nasal S aureus colonisation. However, further research is needed to understand whether the presence of a moustache increases the risk of allergic or non-allergic rhinitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery,Medipol University Hospital,Istanbul,Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Soylu
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery,Medipol University Hospital,Istanbul,Turkey.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Orhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology,Medipol University Hospital,Istanbul,Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cakir
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology,Medipol University Hospital,Istanbul,Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Istanbullu
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery,Medipol University Hospital,Istanbul,Turkey.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Altin
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery,Medipol University Hospital,Istanbul,Turkey.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yilmazer
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery,Medipol University Hospital,Istanbul,Turkey.
authors.forename: O F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Calim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D005145:Face; D006197:Hair / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000254:growth & development*
keywords: Rhinitis