Nasopharyngeal microbiota composition of children is related to the frequency of upper respiratory infection and acute sinusitis

Clark A. Santee, Nabeetha Nagalingam, Ali A. Faruqi, Gregory P. DeMuri, James E. Gern, Ellen R. Wald, Susan V. Lynch

Microbiome · 2016 · 92 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

These preliminary data suggest that previous history of acute sinusitis influences the composition of the NP microbiota, characterized by a depletion in relative abundance of specific taxa. Diminished diversity was associated with more frequent URIs.

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