International Journal of Otolaryngology

Research Article

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

Table 7

Fungal Culture Growth in 46 Patients With EM Without Fungal Organisms but with Positive Cultures.
Overall %
Single isolate63%
 Aspergillus sp.24%
 Dematiaceous species10%
 Non-Aspergillus/non-dematiaceous fungi66%
  C. albicans 17%
  Yeast, not C. albicans 14%
  Penicillium sp.17%
  Fusarium sp.3%
   Paecilomyces sp.3%
  Scedosporium apiospermium 3%
  Mold not further specified10%
Multiple isolates37%
 Multiple dematiaceous species12%
 Dematiaceous species/Aspergillus sp. ± other isolate 17%
 Dematiaceous species/non-Aspergillus sp. 41%
 Aspergillus sp./non-Dematiaceous species 12%
 Non-dematiaceous species/non-Aspergillus sp. 17%