Table 2 Molecular detection top ten organisms: detection frequency and prevalence
From: The microbiome of chronic rhinosinusitis: culture, molecular diagnostics and biofilm detection
| Â | CRS | Control | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | N = 38 | N = 6 | ||||
| Â | No. detected (%) | Total genomes/sample | Mean genomes/sample | No. detected (%) | Total genomes/sample | Mean genomes/sample |
Staphylococcus aureus | 23 (61%) | 10549 | 459 | 2 (33%) | 101 | 51 |
Staphylococcus epidermidis | 21 (55%) | 508 | 24 | 4 (67%) | 21 | 5 |
Propionibacterium acnes | 14 (37%) | 2339 | 167 | 5 (83%) | 621 | 124 |
Nocardia asteroides | 9 (24%) | 1587 | 176 | 1 (17%) | 72 | 72 |
Haemophilus influenzae | 5 (13%) | 404 | 81 | - | - | - |
Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum | 4 (11%) | 2121 | 530 | - | - | - |
Streptococcus agalactiae | 4 (11%) | 57 | 14 | 1 (17%) | 3 | 3 |
Moraxella catarrhalis | 3 (8%) | 2931 | 977 | - | - | - |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 3 (8%) | 1852 | 617 | - | - | - |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 3 (8%) | 1908 | 636 | - | - | - |
Mean microbial genomes per patient sample all detected organisms (lower - upper 95% CI) | 870 (605–1136) | 136 (−32 - 303) | ||||