The researchers, who published this month in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, a peer review journal, say the discovery is an important step to finding a more effective treatment. Dr. David Sherris, a co-author of the study, says the team is investigating treatments to both keep fungus levels low and counter the immune system's response. Chronic sinusitis, an inflammation of the membranes of the nose and sinus cavities that lasts three months or longer, affects 37 million Americans.
Symptoms range from a long-running cold to total nasal obstruction.
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