Epidemiologic factors affect surgical outcomes in allergic fungal sinusitis

Abstract

Epidemiologic factors may play an important role in the presentation and progression as well as in surgical outcomes of patients diagnosed with allergic fungal sinusitis.

Distinguishing the dominant species of pathogen in maxillary sinusitis by sequencing DNA dataset analysis

“…The incidence of invasive fungal sinusitis has undergone a steep rise in recent years (Ponikau et al, 1999;Riechelmann, 2011;Champagne et al, 2010;Karthikeyan and Nirmal Coumare, 2010;Naghibzadeh et al, 2011). Indeed, fungal sinusitis commonly occurs in immunocompromised patients; however, more and more cases occur in patients without immunodeficiencies, which is an alarming trend.…”

A Retrospective Analysis of γδ T Cell Expression in Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Its Association with Recurrence of Nasal Polyps

“…The Lund-Kennedy nasal endoscopy scoring system grades sinonasal disease by assigning a numerical value to the presence of polyps, discharge, scarring, edema, and crusting. Each sinonasal cavity is graded separately, and they are then combined to obtain an overall endoscopy score [23,24]. The postoperative follow-up visits last over 12 months after surgery.…”

The Role of Fungi in Diseases of the Nose and Sinuses

“…30 Champagne et al showed improvements in quality of life and endoscopy scores in all patient groups at 12 months follow-up. 31 In this series, all patients were treated postoperatively with saline irrigations, topical nasal steroid spray, oral antibiotics and a 1-month oral steroid taper. Their maintenance treatment consisted of topical nasal steroid spray, nasal saline, montelukast, budesonide irrigations, and month-long bursts of oral steroids for exacerbations.…”