Table 1.
Clinical information on the nine patients from whom archaea were detected in sinusitis pus.
| Case | Clinical information | Microbiology | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacteria | Methanogens | ||||||||||||
| Species | Species | Sequence similarity | FISH | Culture | |||||||||
| Sex | Age (years) | Underlying condition | Atopy | Localization | Treatment | Specimen number | 16S rRNA | mcrA | |||||
| 1 | Female | 62 | None | N | Left maxillary | Ceftazidine + Netilmycin Ofloxacin + rifampin |
1 |
Corynebacterium accolens Staphylococcus aureus Raoultella ornithinolytica Streptococcus pseudointermedius Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
M. oralis | 99% | 100% | Positive | Positive |
| 2 | Male | 64 | Undifferentiated carcinoma nasopharyngeal type, cavum | N | Right maxillary | Amoxicillin- clavulanate | 2 | S. aureusStaphylococcus epidermidisP. aeruginosaPropionibacterium acnes | M. smithii | 99% | 99% | Negative | Negative |
| 3 | Female | 56 | None | N | Frontal, ethmoidal, and maxillary | Amoxicillin-clavulanate + ciprofloxacin | 3.1 | S. aureus | M. smithii | 99% | 99% | Negative | Negative |
| 3.2 | S. aureus | M. smithii | 100% | 100% | Negative | Negative | |||||||
| 3.3 | S. aureus | M. smithii | 100% | 100% | Negative | Negative | |||||||
| 4 | Female | 64 | Maxillary papilloma | N | Right maxillary | NA | 4 | Klebsiella oxytoca | M. smithii | 100% | 99% | Negative | Negative |
| 5 | Male | 20 | None | N | Right frontal ethmoidal maxillary | Amoxicillin- clavulanate + ciprofloxacin |
5 | Sterile | “M. massiliense” | 100% | Negative | Negative | Negative |
| 6 | Female | 44 | Asthma | Y | Left maxillary Right maxillary |
Cotrimoxazole | 6.1 |
S. epidermidis Corynebacterium propinquum Corynebacterium avidum |
M. oralis | 100% | 99% | Positive | Negative |
| 6.2 |
S. epidermidis C. propinquum |
M. oralis | 100% | 99% | Negative | Negative | |||||||
| 7 | Male | 64 | -MALT lymphoma -Sinusal aspergilloma | N | Left frontal ethmoidal | NA | 7 |
P. aeruginosa S. epidermidis P. acnes |
M. oralis | 99% | 100% | Negative | Negative |
| 8 | Female | 71 | Undifferentiated carcinoma nasopharyngeal type, cavum | N | Right maxillary | Amoxicillin- clavulanate | 8 |
S. epidermidis P. acnes |
M. oralis | 100% | 100% | Positive | Negative |
| 9 | Female | 53 | Nasal and sinusal polyposis | Y | Bilateral maxillary | Amoxicillin- clavulanate | 9 |
Propionibacterium granulorum S. aureus Haemophilus influenzae |
M. smithii | 100% | NA | Positive | Negative |
The detail on microorganisms detected in each patient is also provided. “N” stands for absence, “Y” for presence. NA, not available.