Research Article

Fungal Rhinosinusitis: A Retrospective Microbiologic and Pathologic Review of 400 Patients at a Single University Medical Center

Table 4

Fungal Cultures in 161 Patients with FB.

Single fungal isolate (95.8%)Culture resultOverall %

Aspergillus sp.65.8%
A. fumigates44.8%
A. flavus14.0%
Aspergillus, not flavus or fumigatus 7.0%

Dematiaceous sp.9%
Alternaria sp.5.0%
Bipolaris sp.2.0%
Trichophyton sp.2.0%

Other21%
Paecilomyces sp.5.0%
Candida albicans2.0%
Mucor sp.2.0%
Nonsporulating mold2.0%
Scedosporium sp.5.0%
Penicillium sp.5.0%

Multiple Fungal Isolates (4.2%)
A. flavus/A. niger/Mucor sp. 0.6%
Alternaria/Penicillium1.2%
Alternaria/Cladosporium/Penicillium/Trichoderma0.6%
Paecilomyces/Fusarium/Curvularia/Alternaria0.6%
A. flavus/A. NOS0.6%
C. cifferinii/C. tropicalis0.6%