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. 2018 Aug 30;18:441. doi: 10.1186/s12879-018-3272-9

Table 4.

Fifteen most prevalent (left) and proportionally abundant (right) genera in the post-antrostomy maxillary sinus

Genus Mean Proportional Abundance (%)
1. Staphylococcus 32.6
2. Corynebacterium 10.0
3. Haemophilus 9.25
4. Pseudomonas 5.99
5. Streptococcus 4.97
6. Anaerococcus 4.64
7. Proprionibacterium 3.86
8. Moraxella 3.62
9. Stenotrophomonas 3.35
10. Enterobacter 3.30
11. Serratia 2.39
12. Finegoldia 2.10
13. Alloiococcus 1.68
14. Neisseriaceae 1.65
15. Methylobacteriaceae 1.62

Staphylococcus is stably prevalent and abundant, while the proportional abundance of the other highly prevalent taxa, including Pseudomonas, Propionibacterium, Corynebacterium, Stenotrophomonas, Streptococcus and Anaerococcus is relatively low