The presence of fungal floras in sinuses in chronic sinusitis patients with polyps.

Several fungal species are known to cause severe respiratory and cutaneous diseases. The aim of this work was to analyze the fungal flora in maxillary sinuses in patients suffering from chronic sinusitis with polyps. Twenty five patients (11 woman, 14 man) who underwent endoscopic surgical procedures were included into the study.

An updated view on tuberculous lymphadenitis in the context of HIV epidemic as well as multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Background: An updated view on tuberculous lymphadenitis was presented in this paper.

Objectives: This article describes tuberculous lymphadenitis as the most common presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and reviews its epidemiology, clinical aspects, diagnosis and treatment methods. The role of surgical procedures was also underlined.