Viral Coinfection and Nasal Cytokines in Children With Clinically Diagnosed Acute Sinusitis

• Main Authors: Santiago M. C. Lopez (Author), Nader Shaikh (Author), Monika Johnson (Author), Hui Liu (Author), Judith M. Martin (Author), John V. Williams (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Objective: Children with no pathogenic bacteria in the nasopharynx are unlikely to have acute bacterial sinusitis. We evaluated whether information on clinical presentation, viral co-detection, and mucosal cytokine levels could be used to predict presence of bacteria in the nasopharynx.Method: We ob...