Sinus Microbiome Diversity Depletion and Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum Enrichment Mediates Rhinosinusitis

• DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3003783
• Publication Date: 2012-09-12T21:22:26Z
• Authors: Nicole A. Abreu; Nabeetha A. Nagal...; Yuanlin Song; Frederick C. Roed...; Steven D. Pletcher; Andrew N. Goldberg; Susan V. Lynch
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Adolescent; Corynebacterium; Medical and Health Sciences; Young Adult; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Clinical Research; Genetics; 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors; Humans; Aetiology; Sinusitis; Phylogeny; Aged; Bacteria; Human Genome; Biological Sciences; Middle Aged; 3. Good health; Lactobacillus; Infectious Diseases; Metagenome; Female; Infection

Enrichment of Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum caused by depletion of the sinus microbiome contributes to chronic rhinosinusitis.