3.1 Clinical characteristics of patients
In this study, there were 17 patients in the CRS group and 8 patients in the ABRS group. The clinical characteristics of the patients are shown in Table 1. The Lund-Kennedy and Lund-Mackay score was significantly higher in the CRS group. The most common species in nasal secretions wasStaphylococcus in both the CRS and ABRS group.