Bacterial communities in the nasal passage of postviral olfactory dysfunction patients

Kristi Biswas; Vijay R Ramakrishnan; Elisabeth Hollemann; Korinna Lorenz; Brett Wagner Mackenzie; Daniel N Frank; Richard G Douglas; Thomas Hummel

doi:10.1002/alr.23149

Bacterial communities in the nasal passage of postviral olfactory dysfunction patients

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2023 Oct;13(10):1962-1965. doi: 10.1002/alr.23149. Epub 2023 Mar 22.

Authors

Kristi Biswas¹, Vijay R Ramakrishnan², Elisabeth Hollemann³, Korinna Lorenz³, Brett Wagner Mackenzie¹, Daniel N Frank⁴, Richard G Douglas¹, Thomas Hummel³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
² Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
³ Smell & Taste Clinic, Department of Otolaryngology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, and the Microbiome Research Consortium, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA.

PMID: 36846913
DOI: 10.1002/alr.23149

Abstract

Bacterial composition is uniform in the sinuses of postviral olfactory dysfunction patients. Significant reduction of genus Corynebacterium in PVOD patients compared to controls.

Keywords: bacteriology; olfactory disorders; olfactory test; paranasal sinuses.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bacteria
Humans
Nasal Cavity
Olfaction Disorders*
Paranasal Sinuses*
Smell

Grants and funding

K23 DC014747/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/United States