The Role of Probiotics in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Treatment: An Update of the Current Literature

Bianco, Maria Rita; Ralli, Massimo; Modica, Domenico Michele; Amata, Marta; Poma, Salvatore; Mattina, Gianfranco; Allegra, Eugenia

doi:10.3390/healthcare9121715

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The Role of Probiotics in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Treatment: An Update of the Current Literature

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Maria Rita Bianco

^1,*,

Massimo Ralli

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,

Domenico Michele Modica

³

,

Marta Amata

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Salvatore Poma

³,

Gianfranco Mattina

³ and

Eugenia Allegra

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Otolaryngology-Department of Health Science, University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy

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Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy

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Otolaryngology Unit-“Villa Sofia”-Cervello Hospital, 90146 Palermo, Italy

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Department of Biomedicine and Internal and Specialistic Medicine (DIBIMIS), University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Healthcare 2021, 9(12), 1715; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121715

Submission received: 20 October 2021 / Revised: 25 November 2021 / Accepted: 10 December 2021 / Published: 12 December 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Otolaryngology from Diagnosis to Treatment)

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Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a significant health problem. It affects 5–12% of the general population. The causes that underlie the onset of CRS are not yet well known. However, many factors may contribute to its onset, such as environmental factors and the host’s general condition. Medical treatment mainly uses local corticosteroids, nasal irrigation, and antibiotics. In recent years, a new therapeutic approach that employs the use of probiotics emerged. Probiotics have been extensively studied as a therapy for dysbiosis and inflammatory pathologies of various parts of the body. We aimed to examine the studies in vivo and in vitro and clinicals reports in the existing literature to update probiotics’ role in rhinosinusitis chronic medical treatment.

Keywords: chronic rhinosinusitis; probiotics; microbiome; nasal microbiota; microbiome therapy

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Bianco, M.R.; Ralli, M.; Modica, D.M.; Amata, M.; Poma, S.; Mattina, G.; Allegra, E. The Role of Probiotics in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Treatment: An Update of the Current Literature. Healthcare 2021, 9, 1715. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121715

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Bianco MR, Ralli M, Modica DM, Amata M, Poma S, Mattina G, Allegra E. The Role of Probiotics in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Treatment: An Update of the Current Literature. Healthcare. 2021; 9(12):1715. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121715

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Bianco, Maria Rita, Massimo Ralli, Domenico Michele Modica, Marta Amata, Salvatore Poma, Gianfranco Mattina, and Eugenia Allegra. 2021. "The Role of Probiotics in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Treatment: An Update of the Current Literature" Healthcare 9, no. 12: 1715. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121715

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Bianco, M. R., Ralli, M., Modica, D. M., Amata, M., Poma, S., Mattina, G., & Allegra, E. (2021). The Role of Probiotics in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Treatment: An Update of the Current Literature. Healthcare, 9(12), 1715. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121715

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