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The hypothesis of this experiment is that bacteria obtained by directed middle meatal cultures qualitatively and quantitatively correlate with cultures taken by maxillary sinus puncture. Acute sinusitis was induced by injecting 10\n                    <jats:sup>8<\/jats:sup>\n                    colony-forming units of bacteria directly into the maxillary sinuses of rabbits in which the ostia were occluded with cotton packs. Eight animals were injected with Staphylococcus aureus, eight with Haemophilus influenzae, and eight with Streptococcus pneumoniae. The packs were removed after 3 days, and specimens were obtained from the middle meatus in the region of the maxillary sinus ostium, and from the maxillary sinus, 1 day later. The contralateral maxillary sinuses of six of the animals were injected with normal saline and served as controls. There was a 100% correlation rate between cultures of specimens obtained from the maxillary sinus and from the middle meatus in all 24 animals. In addition, the quantitative counts from the middle meatus and the maxillary sinus correlated. Control animals showed no bacterial growth from either the middle meatus or the maxillary sinus. 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