scholarly journals Allergic Fungal Sinusitis: Ophthalmic Complications Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Potential of Telemedicine

Cureus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen C Dryden ◽  
William I Evans ◽  
Paul J Percelay ◽  
Simon A Johnson ◽  
Mary E Hoehn
Keyword(s):  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

scholarly journals Molecular Identification of Schizophyllum commune as a Cause of Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 375-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun Jeong Won ◽  
Jong Hee Shin ◽  
Sang Chul Lim ◽  
Myung Geun Shin ◽  
Soon Pal Suh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Identification ◽  
Schizophyllum Commune ◽  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

Mold testing by RAST and skin test methods in patients with allergic fungal sinusitis

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 252-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Mabry ◽  
Bradley F. Marple ◽  
Cynthia S. Mabry
Keyword(s):  
Skin Test ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

Ethnic and Gender Differences in Bone Erosion in Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 397-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah K. Wise ◽  
Giridhar Venkatraman ◽  
Justin C. Wise ◽  
John M. DelGaudio
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Bone Erosion ◽  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
And Gender

Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

2010 ◽  
pp. 127-135
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Ryan ◽  
Bradley F. Marple
Keyword(s):  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

Demonstration of Biofilm in Human Bacterial Chronic Rhinosinusitis

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 452-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berrylin J. Ferguson ◽  
Donna B. Stolz
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Rhinosinusitis ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Cellular Membrane ◽  
Anaerobic Growth ◽  
Bacterial Biofilms ◽  
Topical Steroids ◽  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Planktonic Bacteria ◽  
Transmission Electron

Background Bacterial biofilms may explain why some patients with bacterial chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) improve while on antibiotics but relapse after completion of the antibiotic. In the human host, biofilms exist as a community of bacteria surrounded by a glycocalyx that is adherent to a foreign body or a mucosal surface with impaired host defense. Biofilms generate planktonic, nonadherent bacterial forms that may metastasize infection and generate systemic illness. These planktonic bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics, unlike the adherent biofilm. Methods We reviewed four cases of CRS using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to assay for typical colony architecture of biofilms. Bacterial communities surrounded by a glycocalyx of inert cellular membrane materials consistent with a biofilm were shown in two patients. Results In the two patients without biofilm, a nonbacterial etiology was discovered (allergic fungal sinusitis) in one and in the other there was scant anaerobic growth on culture and the Gram stain was negative. Culture of the material from the biofilm grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa in both patients. Pseudomonas from the biofilm showed a glycocalyx, not present in Pseudomonas cultured for 72 hours on culture media. Both patients’ symptoms with bacterial biofilms were refractory to culture-directed antibiotics, topical steroids, and nasal lavages. Surgery resulted in cure or significant improvement. Conclusion Biofilms are refractory to antibiotics and often only cured by mechanical debridement. We believe this is the first TEM documentation of bacterial biofilms in CRS in humans.

Allergic fungal sinusitis

1997 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Mabry ◽  
Bradley F. Marple
Keyword(s):  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis

Management of allergic fungal sinusitis with intracranial spread

2007 ◽  
Vol 265 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mubasher Ikram ◽  
Shabbir Akhtar ◽  
Shehzad Ghaffar ◽  
Syed Ather Enam
Keyword(s):  
Fungal Sinusitis ◽  
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis
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