TY - JOUR
T1 - Can the sensitisation to staphylococcal enterotoxin predict the severity of chronic rhinosinusitis?
AU - Lee, Eun Jung
AU - Kim, Chang Hoon
AU - Yoon, Joo Heon
AU - Cho, Hyung Ju
AU - Hwang, Chi Sang
AU - Park, Dong Joon
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© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE part of Springer Nature.
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Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Background: Evidence is accumulating that Staphylococcus aureus plays an important role as a disease modifier in upper and lower airway disease. We aimed to assess the association of staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) with allergic multimorbidity as well as the severity of chronic rhinosinusitis. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 97 subjects aged 6 years or older between March 2018 and June 2019 and analysed symptom scores, computed tomography scores, serum IgE levels to SEs, serum total and specific IgE levels to inhalant allergens. To evaluate eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS), we used refractory ECRS score from the Japanese epidemiological survey. Results: Of the 97 patients enrolled, 29 (29.9%) were non-sensitised, 33 (34.0%) were mono-sensitised, and 35 (36.1%) were poly-sensitised. Sensitisation to SEs was closely associated with poly-sensitisation to inhalant allergens. SE-sensitised participants had higher median values for total and specific IgE levels to inhalant allergens than did non-SE-sensitised participants. SE sensitisation was associated with allergic multimorbidity and severe allergic diseases, such as ECRS. Conclusions: This preliminary study suggested that sensitisation to SEs may play a role in the initiation of type-2 inflammatory responses, such as allergic rhinitis, ECRS, and allergic multimorbidity. Furthermore, sensitisation to SEs correlated with the severity of ECRS.
AB - Background: Evidence is accumulating that Staphylococcus aureus plays an important role as a disease modifier in upper and lower airway disease. We aimed to assess the association of staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) with allergic multimorbidity as well as the severity of chronic rhinosinusitis. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 97 subjects aged 6 years or older between March 2018 and June 2019 and analysed symptom scores, computed tomography scores, serum IgE levels to SEs, serum total and specific IgE levels to inhalant allergens. To evaluate eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS), we used refractory ECRS score from the Japanese epidemiological survey. Results: Of the 97 patients enrolled, 29 (29.9%) were non-sensitised, 33 (34.0%) were mono-sensitised, and 35 (36.1%) were poly-sensitised. Sensitisation to SEs was closely associated with poly-sensitisation to inhalant allergens. SE-sensitised participants had higher median values for total and specific IgE levels to inhalant allergens than did non-SE-sensitised participants. SE sensitisation was associated with allergic multimorbidity and severe allergic diseases, such as ECRS. Conclusions: This preliminary study suggested that sensitisation to SEs may play a role in the initiation of type-2 inflammatory responses, such as allergic rhinitis, ECRS, and allergic multimorbidity. Furthermore, sensitisation to SEs correlated with the severity of ECRS.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00405-020-06526-2
DO - 10.1007/s00405-020-06526-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85098537125
JO - Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
JF - Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
SN - 0003-9195
ER -