High Prevalence of Sinusitis in Children with Henoch-Schönlein Purpura

Table 2

The results of nasal cavity culture and throat culture.

(a) Nasal cavity culture (51 cases)

Haemophilus influenzae (BLNAR*)	19 (37.3%) (5 (9.8%))
Corynebacterium	7 (13.7%)
Moraxella catarrhalis	4 (7.8%)
MSSA**	3 (5.9%)
MRSA***	2 (3.9%)
Streptococcus pneumoniae	2 (3.9%)
S. pyogenes	1 (2.0%)
Others	13 (25.5%)

(b) Throat culture (14 cases)

Haemophilus influenzae (BLNAR*)	6 (42.8%) (1 (7.1%))
H. parainfluenzae	2 (14.3%)
S.pyogenes	1 (7.1%)
MSSA**	1 (7.1%)
Others	4 (28.6%)

^∗𝛽-lactamase negative ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae.
**methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus.
***methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.