What is the origin of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in the early postoperative sinonasal cavity?

Abstract

S. aureus persists in the sinonasal cavity despite ESS. The postoperative culture of sinonasal S. aureus in patients previously biofilm-positive but culture-negative may reflect the dynamic ability of S. aureus to adapt to the surgically-altered microenvironment with subsequent biofilm dispersal and release of planktonic clones.