Effect of Klebsiella ozaenae on ciliary activity in vitro: Implications in the pathogenesis of atrophic rhinitis

1 March 1990

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery

Vol. 102 (3) , 207-211
https://doi.org/10.1177/019459989010200301

Abstract

Klebsiella ozaenae is a gram‐negative rod that has been isolated with relative frequency from patients with atrophic rhinitis. The relationship of this bacterium to the pathogenesis of atrophic rhinitis is not understood, and whether this bacterium is simply an opportunistic colonizer of the injured nose or the etiologic agent of the disease is unclear. This study was designed to investigate a potential role for bacterially produced cilloinhibition as a mechanism for the pathogenesis of atrophic rhinitis.

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