DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i05.016

Pages: 1248-1252

This study was conducted on 50 patients who underwent FESS under GA for Chronic Rhinosinusitis in a tertiary care hospital. The objectives were to determine the pattern of microbial flora in ethmoidal tissue in Chronic Rhinosinusitis and to know the antibiotic sensitivity of potential pathogen. The specimen was transported to microbiology lab in normal saline within 2 hours. Samples were inoculated into various media for aerobic, anaerobic and fungal growth. The study conducted showed Coagulase-negative Staphylococci to be the most common isolate, Staphylococcus aureus being second. Enterobacteriaceae were also frequently isolated. Klebsiella and Acinetobacter were infrequent isolates. Among fungi, Rhizopus and Aspergillus were seen. But no anaerobes were isolated.