Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a persistent inflammatory condition frequently associated with Staphylococcus aureus . The bacterium’s ability to evade immune clearance and establish long-term infection complicates treatment. In our previous study, we demonstrated that S. aureus isolates obtained from…
Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a multifactorial infection of the nasal cavity and sinuses. In this study, nasal swabs from control donors (N = 128) and patients with CRS (N = 246) were analysed. Culture methods and metagenomics revealed no obvious differences in the composition of the bacterial communities…
Although tonsillectomy is performed frequently, the role of palatine tonsils in life long immune protection or tolerance is still debated and the consequences of their removal for the immune system are of general interest. We analysed the tonsillar myeloid compartment in healthy subjects across a wide…