<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in nasal lavage and biopsy of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis

Abstract

We could not observe a higher prevalence of S. aureus in CRS patients with or without nasal polyps than in controls. We could not substantiate that S. aureus intensifies the T(H2) shift in CRSNP(+) patients. Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants were not detected in any sample.