Cause or effect of increased inflammation?

Editorial

Wytske Fokkens. Rhinology. 2005 Sep.

. 2005 Sep;43(3):161.

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An update on the impact of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins in chronic sinusitis with nasal polyposis.
Zhang N, Gevaert P, van Zele T, Perez-Novo C, Patou J, Holtappels G, van Cauwenberge P, Bachert C. Zhang N, et al. Rhinology. 2005 Sep;43(3):162-8. Rhinology. 2005. PMID: 16218508 Review.

The presence of Staphylococcus aureus is not equivalent to an immune reaction to it's enterotoxins.
Corriveau MN, Zhang N, Bachert C. Corriveau MN, et al. Allergy. 2009 Jun;64(6):959-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02031.x. Epub 2009 Mar 27. Allergy. 2009. PMID: 19416138 No abstract available.
Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins as immune stimulants in chronic rhinosinusitis.
Bachert C, Zhang N, van Zele T, Gevaert P, Patou J, van Cauwenberge P. Bachert C, et al. Clin Allergy Immunol. 2007;20:163-75. Clin Allergy Immunol. 2007. PMID: 17534051 Review. No abstract available.
Chronic rhinonsinusitis and nasal polyposis: the etiopathogenesis revealed?
Van Cauwenberge P, Van Zele T, Bachert C. Van Cauwenberge P, et al. Verh K Acad Geneeskd Belg. 2008;70(5-6):305-22. Verh K Acad Geneeskd Belg. 2008. PMID: 19725391 Review.
Proinflammatory impact of Staphylococcus epidermidis on the nasal epithelium quantified by IL-8 and GRO-alpha responses in primary human nasal epithelial cells.
Sachse F, von Eiff C, Becker K, Steinhoff M, Rudack C. Sachse F, et al. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2008;145(1):24-32. doi: 10.1159/000107463. Epub 2007 Aug 16. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2008. PMID: 17703097
Improving our ability to classify rhinologic disorders.
Kennedy DW. Kennedy DW. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2013 Aug;3(8):603-4. doi: 10.1002/alr.21211. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2013. PMID: 23956118 No abstract available.