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ReviewThe journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice

Infectious Chronic Rhinosinusitis.

Sumit Bose, Leslie C Grammer, Anju T Peters

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In one paragraph

Review in The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Association between air pollution and allergic upper respiratory diseases: a meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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  4. Effects of urban PM2.5 on primary sinonasal epithelial cells in individuals with chronic rhinosinusitis.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2026
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  19. Biofilm aggregates and the host airway-microbial interface.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sumit BoseDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Leslie C GrammerDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
Anju T PetersDivision of Allergy-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill. Electronic address: anjupeters@northwestern.edu.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

Systems Genetics Approach to Gene Discovery in Chronic RhinosinusitisU19AI106683 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI KERN, ROBERT C · 2014 to 2017
$7.9M
Systems Genetics Approach to Gene Discovery in Chronic RhinosinusitisP01AI106683 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI SCHLEIMER, ROBERT P · 2013 to 2013
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI106683NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI106683
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a persistent inflammatory disease that affects a multitude of people worldwide. The pathogenesis of CRS involves many factors including genetics, status of the sinonasal microbiome, infections, and environmental influences. Comorbidities associated with CRS include asthma, allergic rhinitis, bronchiectasis, and certain kinds of immunodeficiency. CRS can be divided into different subtypes based on endotypes and phenotypes. Infectious CRS is one such category. The etiology of infectious CRS is usually secondary to chronic bacterial infection that commonly begins with a viral upper respiratory tract infection. Humoral antibody deficiencies can underlie difficult-to-treat or recurrent CRS. Infectious CRS can be treated with antimicrobials, topical or oral corticosteroids, and nasal saline irrigations. Patients with CRS and humoral immunodeficiency may require an aggressive treatment approach including immunoglobulin replacement therapy. Despite advancements in the field of CRS, targeted therapies and reliable biomarkers are still lacking.

Indexed as

Communicable DiseasesRhinitisSinusitisBiomarkersChronic DiseaseComorbidityHumansPhenotypeBiomarkersBacterialExacerbationImmunodeficiencyInfectiousMicrobiomePathogenesisRhinosinusitisSinonasal

Identifiers

PMID27393772
PMCPMC4939240
OpenAlexW2475105368

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Registered trials

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