Otologic conditions seen in HIV positive adult patients in university of Port Harcourt teaching hospital

<p><strong>Background:</strong> ENT manifestations have been reported in about 41-80% HIV infected patients worldwide. Some patient’s status were first detected following an condition. This study therefore is aimed at determining the pattern of otologic conditions found among positive adults university Port Harcourt teaching hospital</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A hospital based descriptive adult that are attending infectious outpatient clinic was carried out within a period 5 months; 1<sup>st</sup> July to December 2020. Consecutive recruited using semi structured questionnaire and information sought included; demographics, presence or absence ear complaints, duration infection antiretroviral treatment (ARVT). The all had complete examination done. Informed consent obtained from patients. Ethical clearance obtained. Obtained data analyzed IBM SPSS version 25 software 95% confidence interval p value less than 0.05 considered significant.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> commonest complaint these catarrh seen 35.1% followed by noise ears 17.6% while aural fullness 13.4%. Cerumen auris (14.2%) commonly condition otitis externa (13.0%). prevalence disorders population studied 61.1%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Otologic common with cerumen being occurring disorder.</p>