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Effect of a moustache on nasal Staphylococcus aureus colonisation and nasal cytology results in men

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2015

E Soylu ,
I Orhan ,
A Cakir ,
A Istanbullu ,
G Altin ,
R Yilmazer  and
O F Calim
E Soylu*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medipol University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
I Orhan
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medipol University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
A Cakir
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Medipol University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
A Istanbullu
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Medipol University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
G Altin
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medipol University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
R Yilmazer
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medipol University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
O F Calim
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medipol University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Erkan Soylu, TEM Avrupa Otoyolu Goztepe cıkısı No: 1, Bagcilar, 34214 Istanbul, Turkey Fax: 90 212 460 7070 E-mail: erkansoylu23@gmail.com
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Abstract

Objective:

This study compared the results of nasal Staphylococcus aureus carriage and nasal cytology in men with and without a moustache.

Methods:

The study group comprised 118 adult men with a moustache, and the control group consisted of 123 adult men without a moustache. Samples were taken from the participants' right nasal cavity for cytology and from the left nasal cavity for microbiology.

Results:

The results for S aureus were positive in 19.5 per cent (n = 23) of participants with a moustache and in 20.3 per cent (n = 25) of men without a moustache. This difference was not significant (p > 0.05). However, nasal cytology revealed rich eosinophil clusters in participants with a moustache.

Conclusion:

The presence or absence of a moustache had no effect on nasal S aureus colonisation. However, further research is needed to understand whether the presence of a moustache increases the risk of allergic or non-allergic rhinitis.

Keywords

Staphylococcus AureusNasal CavityNasal MucosaRhinitis

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 129 , Issue 2 , February 2015 , pp. 155 - 158
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2015 

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