Introduction Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is characterized by inflammation of the paranasal
sinus mucosa persisting for more than 12 weeks. This condition is associated with reduced …

Moving from the earlier periods in which the lungs were believed to represent sterile
environments, our knowledge on the lung microbiota has dramatically increased, from the …

Age-related changes in nasal bacterial microbiota of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis
(CRS) remains unclear. In this study, we aimed to identify distinct characteristics of nasal …

Introduction Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS) is a severe phenotype of chronic
rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP), characterised by localised and exaggerated …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder characterized by chronic microbial colonization and
inflammation of the respiratory tract (RT), leading to pulmonary exacerbation (PEx) and lung …

Background The epidemiology of invasive aspergillosis (IA) in patients with acute lymphoid
leukemia (ALL) has not been well characterized. Objectives To identify potential peculiarities …

Backgroud Biofilm formation has been recently recognised as one of the most important
etiopathological mechanisms underlying chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and its recalcitrance …

Background: Incidence of fungal rhinosinusitis has increased in recent few years. We
investigated the differences in microbiological findings between patients with fungal and non …

Objective Fungal balls (FB) are the main form of non-invasive fungal rhinosinusitis found in
immunocompetent hosts. Bacterial coinfection affects clinical symptoms. We investigated the …

Objectives Fungal rhinosinusitis is an inflammatory disease of the nose that may lead to life‐
threatening complications. This study compared the bacterial and fungal microbiomes …