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Role of local allergic inflammation and Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins in Chinese patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2017

K-J Cheng ,
Y-Y Xu ,
M-L Zhou ,
S-H Zhou  and
S-Q Wang
K-J Cheng
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Y-Y Xu
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
M-L Zhou
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
S-H Zhou
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
S-Q Wang*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
*
Address for correspondence: Dr S-Q Wang, Department of Otolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, #79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, P R China 310003 Fax: +86 571 2886 5247 E-mail: weiyan127@163.com
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Abstract

Objective:

To investigate the role of local allergic inflammation and Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

Methods:

This study included 36 patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps and 18 controls. Total immunoglobulin E, eosinophil cationic protein, staphylococcal enterotoxin types A and B specific immunoglobulin E, staphylococcal enterotoxin types A and B, and myeloperoxidase levels were determined.

Results:

Four patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps had a local allergy. All chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps patients tested negative for staphylococcal enterotoxin types A and B specific immunoglobulin E. The chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps group had significantly elevated staphylococcal enterotoxin types A and B levels in the supernatant. Fourteen patients belonged to the eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps group and the others were characterised as having non-eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

Conclusion:

Local allergy may play a role in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, independent of staphylococcal enterotoxin superantigens. Staphylococcal enterotoxins may be important in the pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps; however, their roles as superantigens were not confirmed in this study. In Chinese subjects, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps usually manifests as a neutrophilic inflammation.

Keywords

SinusitisNasal PolypsAllergyStaphylococcus AureusEosinophil Cationic ProteinMyeloperoxidase

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 131 , Issue 8 , August 2017 , pp. 707 - 713
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2017 

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