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Table 2 Summary of chronic rhinosinusitis microbiota studies; type of sample, technique used and genus identified

From: The microbiome of the upper airways: focus on chronic rhinosinusitis

Author

Year

n

Sample

Techinque

Aureobacterium

Alicycliphilus

Burkholderia

Carnobacterium

Citrobacter

Cloacibacterium

Corynebacterium

Curtobacterium

Cyanobacterium

Diaphorobacter

Enterobacter

Enterococcus

Fusobacterium

Haemophilus

Helicobacter

Lachnospira

Lactobacillus

Micrococcus

Moraxella

Mycobacterium

Neisseria

Pediococcus

Peptoniphilus

Propionibacterium

Pseudomonas

Rhodococcus

Staphylococcus

Stenotrophomonas

Streptococcus

Ref.

Ramakrishnan VR et al.*

2013

28 healthy

Middle meatus swab

qPCR 16S rRNA pyrosequencing

      

x

   

x

 

x

x

    

x

 

x

  

x

  

x

x

x

[61]

Aurora R et al.

2013

30 CRS 12 healthy

Superior middle meatus lavage

16S rRNA pyrosequencing

 

x

   

x

x

x

x

                    

[62]

Boase S et al.**

2013

38 CRS 6 healthy

Mucus Middle meatus swab

Conventional culture Ibis T5000

                       

x

  

x

  

[18]

Abreu NA et al.

2012

10 CRS 10 healthy

Brush samples of mucosal surfaces of the lateral, central, and medial portions of the maxillary sinus

PhyloChip analysis

  

x

x

  

x

    

x

  

x

x

x

  

x

 

x

  

x

    

[17]

Feazel LM et al.**

2012

15 CRS 5 healthy

Middle meatus swabs

Conventional culture 16S rRNA pyrosequences

      

x

                

x

  

x

  

[56]

Stressmann FA et al.***

2011

43 CRS.

Polyp and inferior turbinate tissue. Mucin (if present)

16S rRNA pyrosequencing T-RFLP

    

x

        

x

         

x

x

 

x

 

x

[55]

Frank DN et al.****

2010

26 S. aureus carriers 16 non-carriers 5 healthy

Nostril swabs

16S rRNA pyrosequencing

      

x

   

x

x

           

x

  

x

  

[63]

Stephenson MF et al.*****

2010

18 CRS 9 healthy

Mucosal Biopsy

16 s rRNA pyrosequencing

         

x

            

x

   

x

  

[60]

Healy DY et al.******

2008

11 CRS 3 healthy

Mucosa samples

FISH DNA probes Haemophilus influenzae Streptococcus pneumophilia Staphylococcus aureus Pseudomonas aeruginosa

             

x

          

x

 

x

 

x

[64]

Sanderson AR et al.*******

2006

18 CRS 5 healthy

Biopsies of the sinus mucosa

FISH DNA probes Haemophilus influenzae Streptococcus pneumophilia Staphylococcus aureus Pseudomonas aeruginosa

             

x

          

x

 

x

 

x

[65]

Lina G et al.********

2003

216 healthy

Nasal vestibule swabs

Conventional culture

      

x

          

x

        

x

 

x

[66]

Rasmussen TT et al.*********

2000

10 healthy

Nasal washes

Conventional culture Capillary sequencing

x

     

x

                  

x

x

  

[67]

  1. *S. aureus, P. acnes.
  2. **P. aeruginosa.
  3. ***S. aureus, S. epidermidis, Propionibacterium acnes.
  4. ****S. aureus, S. coagulase-negative, S. anaerobic species.
  5. *****H. influenza, Streptococcus pneumophilia, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa.
  6. ******Staphylococcus aureus, S. non-aureus, S. epidermidis, S. capitis, S. haemolyticus, S. warneri, S. hominis, S. lugdunensis, S. cohnii subsp. cohnii, S. auricularis.
  7. *******Haemophilus influenza, S. pneumoniae, S. aureus, Pseudomona aeruginosa.
  8. ********Staphylococcus epidermis. S. capitis, S. hominis. S. haemolyticus, S. lugdunensis, S. warneri.
  9. Asterisks indicate studies in which mentioned species were identified.