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To the Editor: Gwaltney and his colleagues obtained 45 computed tomographic (CT) scans in 31 volunteers (Jan. 6 issue)¹ and conclude that "the common cold is actually a viral rhinosinusitis." Well done, guys!

To justify their study and its results, Gwaltney et al. suggest that the data help us understand "the pathogenesis of . . . the common cold." I do not think so. Only 27 percent of their subjects had rhinovirus infection, the presence of which did not correlate with sinus abnormalities or infundibular occlusions.

I find it hard to justify the use of CT scans that include irradiation . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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