Research Article

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

Table 5

Fungal isolates in 127 AFRS patients.

Overall %

Single Fungal Isolate65%
Aspergillus sp. 34%
  A. fumigatus 41%
   A. flavus 25%
   A. niger 22%
   A. terreus 3%
   A. NOS 9%
 Dematiaceous sp.30%
  Alternaria sp. 35%
   Bipolaris sp. 22%
  Cladosporium sp. 4%
  Curvularia sp. 35%
  Scopulariopsis sp. 4%
Paecilomyces sp. 5%
Fusarium sp. 6%
Scedosporium sp.5%
C. Albicans 5%
Penicillium sp. 5%
Yeast, NOS 6%
Mucor sp. 2%
 Mold, NOS2%
Multiple fungal isolates35%
 Dematiaceous species/non- Aspergillus sp. 34%
Aspergillus sp./dematiaceous species ± other species23%
 Multiple Aspergillus sp./± other non-dematiaceous species16%
 Multiple dematiaceous sp. ± other non-Aspergillus sp. 14%
 Non dematiaceous sp./non-Aspergillus sp. 13%