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The characteristics of intramucosal bacteria in chronic rhinosinusitis: a prospective cross-sectional analysis.
International forum of allergy & rhinology - 1 May 2013
Kim Raymond, Freeman Joshua, Waldvogel-Thurlow Sharon, Roberts Sally, Douglas Richard
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BACKGROUND: We have observed subepithelial bacterial microcolonies within the mucosa of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). These were predominantly Staphylococcus aureus and did not appear to elicit a local inflammatory response. We hypothesized that these microcolonies had made adaptations allowing them to exist apparently undetected within the mucosa. We sought to determine whether the tissue colonies...
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