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Is mucus is taken during endoscopy for mucus culture or not...then how do they diagnose what kind of sinus infection is present.what test should be done.
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Can be sent for nasal swab culture And sensitivity Further if you wanna rule out sinusitis , get ncct Pns done and share reports
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