Mechnikov Research Institute for Vaccines and Sera, Moscow, Russia
The microbiological study of 69 patients with allergic a
ual rhinitis (AAR) and infectious rhinitis (IR) was carried out. In AAR the isolated representatives of 15 genera and 40 species were distributed in 2 to 7 component; in IR the isolated representatives of 16 genera and 25 species were grouped in 2 to 4-component associations. In AAR Staphylococcus aureus was found to belong to the main species and in IR, S.aureus and S.epidermidis, while the number of species regarded as occasional in AAR was 7 (S.auricularis, S.cohnii, S.hominis, S.haemolyticus, S.warneri, S.apitis, S.schleiferi). Differences in the distribution of Neisseria, nonfermenting Gram negative bacteria, Streptococcus in associations in cases of AAR and IR were established. In AAR Corynebacterium pseudodiphthericum and in IR C.pseudotuberculosis were the dominant species.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2003, No. 3, P. 66—71