Bacterial colonization differences between central compartment atopic disease and eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis
Abstract
Key Points
- Culturable bacterial colonization is similar between type 2 CRS phenotypes
- Staphylococcus aureus coinfection is similar between eosinophilic CRS and CCAD
- Patients with CCAD were younger, consistent with current knowledge of the disease
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT
Richard J Harvey is consultant/advisory board with Medtronic, Novartis, GSK and Meda pharmaceuticals. Research grant funding received from GlaxoSmithKline. He has been on the speakers’ bureau for GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Meda Pharmaceuticals, and Seqirus. All other authors have no financial disclosures or conflicts of interest.