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==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
===Infectious Causes=== | ===Infectious Causes=== | ||
Infectious causes include viruses, bacteria and fungi;<ref name="pmid21364226">{{cite journal| author=Brook I| title=Microbiology of sinusitis. | journal=Proc Am Thorac Soc | year= 2011 | volume= 8 | issue= 1 | pages= 90-100 | pmid=21364226 | doi=10.1513/pats.201006-038RN | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21364226 }} </ref><ref name="pmid9227932">{{cite journal |vauthors=deShazo RD, Chapin K, Swain RE |title=Fungal sinusitis |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=337 |issue=4 |pages=254–9 |year=1997 |pmid=9227932 |doi=10.1056/NEJM199707243370407 |url=}}</ref> | Infectious causes of rhinosinusitis include [[viruses]], [[bacteria]], and [[fungi]];<ref name="pmid21364226">{{cite journal| author=Brook I| title=Microbiology of sinusitis. | journal=Proc Am Thorac Soc | year= 2011 | volume= 8 | issue= 1 | pages= 90-100 | pmid=21364226 | doi=10.1513/pats.201006-038RN | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21364226 }} </ref><ref name="pmid9227932">{{cite journal |vauthors=deShazo RD, Chapin K, Swain RE |title=Fungal sinusitis |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=337 |issue=4 |pages=254–9 |year=1997 |pmid=9227932 |doi=10.1056/NEJM199707243370407 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Viruses | *Viruses | ||
**[[Rhinovirus]] | **[[Rhinovirus]] |
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Overview
The causes of rhinosinusitis can be divided according to the infectious group that causes it: bacterial, viral, and fungal.
Causes
Infectious Causes
Infectious causes of rhinosinusitis include viruses, bacteria, and fungi;[1][2]
- Bacteria
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- Staphylococcus aureus: common in chronic sinusitis
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa: common in nosocomial sinusitis, cystic fibrosis patients and the immunocompromised
- Anaerobes: Prevotella, Fusobacterium and Peptostreptococcus: common in chronic sinusitis
- Fungi
- Aspergillus species
- Fusarium species
- The Mucorales
Causes by Organ System
Causes in Alphabetical Order
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References
- ↑ Brook I (2011). "Microbiology of sinusitis". Proc Am Thorac Soc. 8 (1): 90–100. doi:10.1513/pats.201006-038RN. PMID 21364226.
- ↑ deShazo RD, Chapin K, Swain RE (1997). "Fungal sinusitis". N. Engl. J. Med. 337 (4): 254–9. doi:10.1056/NEJM199707243370407. PMID 9227932.