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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2005, p. 3479-3480, Vol. 43, No. 7
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.7.3479-3480.2005
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Bacteriology of Acute and Chronic Ethmoid Sinusitis

Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

Received 20 January 2005/ Accepted 17 March 2005

Aspirates from 26 acutely and 17 chronically infected ethmoid sinuses were studied. Thirty-seven aerobes and 10 anaerobes were recovered from isolates from patients with acute sinusitis. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae were predominant. Twenty-seven aerobes and 41 anaerobes were found in isolates from patients with chronic sinusitis. The predominant isolates were anaerobic gram-negative bacilli and Peptostreptococcus spp.