Nasal carriage of S.aureus in children with allergic rhinitis

INTRODUCTION: INTRODUCTION: Allergic rhinitis is an Ig E mediated mucosal inflammation of the nasal mucosa. S.aureus may be identified as a coloniser of the nasal flora of heathy individuals. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of topical mometazon furoat (MF) usage on nasal S.aureus carriage among patients with allergic rhinitis. METHODS: METHODS: Our study included 44 newly diagnosed allegic rhinitis patients never used drugs previously, 45 patients whom have been using MF minimum of six months and 27 healthy children as control group. All volunteers' gave nasal samples via Stuart transport swab and samples cultured and incubated to agar for 24 to 48 hours. Identification of the colonies performed via conventional methods and VITEK®2 Compact. RESULTS: RESULTS: The percentages of positive S.aureus nazal culture detected 40.9, 48.9 and 11.1 for newly diagnosed allegic rhinitis cases, patients using MF minimum of six months and healthy control group, respectively. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The allergic rhinitis seems to increase nasal S.aureus colonisation significantly, but nasal MF don't increase the possibility of this colonisation