Detection of Fungi in the Nasal Mucosa Using Polymerase Chain Reaction

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HYPOTHESIS: Fungi have been increasingly recognized as important pathogens in sinusitis. However, detection of fungus with conventional culture techniques is insensitive and unreliable. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is an exquisitely sensitive assay that can detect the DNA of 10 or less fungal elements. The aim of this study was to compare the sensitivity of conventional culture techniques using PCR analysis....

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