Characterization of fungi in chronic rhinosinusitis using polymerase chain reaction and sequencing

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 265, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 651-655

  Eyigor, Hulya ^a   Eyigor, Mete ^a   Gunel, Ceren ^b   Gultekin, Berna ^a   Basak, Sema ^a   Aydin, Neriman ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Aydin State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic rhinosinusitis; Fungi; Polymerase chain reaction; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

AGAR; FUNGAL DNA; GLUCOSE; RNA 18S;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; CYTOLOGY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE POLYP; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUSITIS;

EID: 43049122126     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0529-0     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Bent JP, Kuhn FA (1994) Diagnosis of allergic fungal sinusitis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 111:580-588
2. Braun H, Buzina W, Freudenschuss K, Beham A, Stammberger H (2003) Eosinophilic fungal rhinosinusitis: a common disorder in Europe? Laryngoscope 113:264-269
3. Catten MD, Murr AH, Goldstein JA, Mhatre AN, Lalwani AK (2001) Detection of fungi in the nasal mucosa using polmerase chain reaction. Laryngoscope 111:399-403
4. Dosa E, Doczi I, Mojzes L, Molnar EG, Varga J, Nagy E (2002) Identification and indicence of fungal strains in chronic rhinosinusitis patients. Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung 49(2-3):337-346
5. Gillespie MB, Huchton DM, O'Malley BW (2000) Role of midlle turbinate biopsy in the diagnosis of fulminant invasive fungal rhinosinusitis. Laryngoscope 110:1832-1836
6. Gold SM, Tami TA (1997) Role of middle meatus aspiration culture in the diagnosis of chronic sinusitis. Laryngoscope 107:1586-1589
7. Gosepath J, Brieger J, Vlachtsis K, Mann WJ (2004) Fungal DNA is present in tissue specimens of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. Am J Rhinol 18(1):9-13
8. Karpovich-Tate N, Dewey FM, Smith EJ, Lund VJ, Gurr PA, Gurr SJ (2000) Detection of fungi in sinus fluid of patients with allergic fungal rhinosinusitis. Acta Otolaryngol 120(2):296-302
9. Kumar M, Shukla PK (2005) Use of PCR targeting of internal transcribed spacer regions and single-stranded conformation polymorphism analysis of sequence variation in different regions of r RNA genes in fungi for rapid diagnosis of mycotic keratitis. J Clin Microbiol 43(2):662-668
10. Lebowitz RA, Waltzman MN, Jacobs JB, Pearlman A, Tierno PM (2002) Isolation of fungi by standard laboratory methods in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. Laryngoscope 111:2189-2191
11. Marple BF (2001) Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis: current theories and management strategies. Laryngoscope 111:1006-1019
12. Park AH, Muntz HR, Smith ME, Afify Z, Pysher T, Pavia A (2005) Pediatric invasive fungal rhinosinusitis immunocompromised children with cancer. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 133:411-416
13. Petti CA (2007) Detection and identification of microorganisms by gene amplification and sequencing. Clin Infect Dis 44:1108-1114
14. Ponikau JU, Sherris DA, Kern EB (1999) The diagnosis and incidence of allergic fungal sinusitis. Mayo Clin Proc 74:877-884
15. Rao AK, Mathers PH, Ramadan HH (2006) Detection of fungi in the sinus mucosa using polymerase chain reaction. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 134:581-585
16. Schuller MC, Murr AH, Goldberg AN, Mhatre AN, Lalwani AK (2004) Quantitative analysis of fungal DNA in chronic rhinosinusitis. Laryngoscope 114:467-471
17. Weschta M, Rimek D, Formanek M, Polzehl D, Riechelmann H (2003) Local production of Aspergillus fumigatus specific immunoglobulin E in nasal polyps. Laryngoscope 113:1798-1802
18. Zhou G, Whong WZ, Ong T, Chen B (2000) Development of a fungus-specific PCR assay for detecting low-level fungi in an outdoor environment. Mol Cell Probes 14:339-348