The role of fungi in the airway of chronic rhinosinusitis patients

Abstract

The role played by fungi in most chronic rhinosinusitis patients as the target antigen of initiation of such chronic inflammation is still debated. With the presence of chronic eosinophilic inflammation in chronic rhinosinusitis, an exaggerated reaction to various inhaled antigens is anticipated. The role of fungi will be confirmed only when T cells within the sinuses are shown to be actively responding to fungal antigens cultured from the sinus and with the demonstration that their elimination will stop the disease.

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