NewsBite: Ochratoxin detected in 20% of Chronic Rhinosinusitis patients

Submitted by Aspergillus Administrator on 16 September 2011

Researchers in the New York University School of Medicine checked 18 patients for a range of mycotoxins. All specimens were negative for aflatoxin, deoxynivalenol, zearalenone, and fumonisin. Four (22%) of 18 specimens were positive for ochratoxin. The clinical significance of this finding remains to be determined.
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