Incidence and Recurrence of Allergic Fungal Sinusitis at Tertiary Care Facility
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The diagnosis and incidence of allergic fungal sinusitis.
OBJECTIVE To reevaluate the current criteria for diagnosing allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) and determine the incidence of AFS in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). METHODS This prospective study evaluated the incidence of AFS in 210 consecutive patients with CRS with or without polyposis, of whom 101 were treated surgically. Collecting and culturing fungi from nasal mucus require sp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2231-3796,0973-7707
DOI: 10.1007/s12070-017-1218-y