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Bacteriology of Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis and Normal Maxillary Sinuses: Using Culture and Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction

M. Tayyar Kalcıoğlu, Bengül Durmaz, Elif Aktaş, Orhan Özturan

American Journal of Rhinology · 2003 · 39 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

Using multiplex PCR can help to increase detection rates of bacterial etiology. Healthy sinuses are not sterile. A. otitidis may be one of the pathogens causing sinusitis.

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