Bone: the final frontier for Staphylococcus aureus penetration in chronic rhinosinusitis

Table 1 Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in the bone and nasal mucosa according to diagnosis

Patient	Diagnosis	Presence of SA	Presence of
identification		in the mucosa	SA in bone
01	CRSwNP	Positive	Negative
02	CRSwNP	Positive	Negative
03	CRSwNP	Negative	Negative
04	CRSwNP	Negative	Negative
05	CRSwNP	Negative	Negative
06	CRSwNP	Negative	Negative
07	Control	Negative	Negative
08	Control	Negative	Negative
09	Control	Negative	Negative
10	CRSsNP	Negative	Negative
11	CRSsNP	Negative	Negative
12	CRSsNP	Negative	Negative
13	CRSsNP	Negative	Negative
14	CRSsNP	Negative	Negative
15	CRSsNP	Negative	Negative

ISSN: 1916-0216