Otomycosis of the Malay Archipelago

The Malay Archipelago

The Victorians, who knew nothing of genetics, greatly believed in heredity, and Charles Darwin was born, in 1809, into a family which offered considerable advantages along this line. Darwin's mother was Susannah Wedgwood, whose name is honored for its beautiful china still being produced today. His father, Dr. Robert Darwin, was a well-known physician, and the son of Dr. Eramus Darwin, an early...

Biodiversity and human livelihood crises in the Malay Archipelago.

NAVJOT S. SODHI,∗ THOMAS M. BROOKS,†‡§ LIAN PIN KOH,‖ GREG ACCIAIOLI,# MARIBETH ERB,∗∗ ALAN KHEE-JIN TAN,†† LISA M. CURRAN,‡‡ PETER BROSIUS,§§ TIEN MING LEE,‖‖ JASON M. PATLIS,## MELVIN GUMAL,∗∗∗ AND ROBERT J. LEE††† ∗Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore, email [email protected] †Center for Applied Biodiv...

A Clinical Study of Otomycosis

Otomycosis is a fungal infection of the external auditory canal; middle ear and open mastoid cavity that is frequently encountered by otolaryngologists. It presents with nonspecific symptoms of itching, earache, ear discharge, hearing loss, aural fullness, and tinnitus. Otomycosis is seen more frequently in immunocompromised patients as compared to immunocompetent persons. Recurrence rate is hi...

Otomycosis: a retrospective study.

UNLABELLED Otomycosis is a fungal infection of the external ear canal with only a few studies about its real frequency in Brazil. AIM to evaluate otomycosis frequency and characteristics in patients with clinical suspicion of external otitis. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study with transversal cohort (2000-2006). MATERIALS AND METHODS 103 patients were assigned to mycological diagnosis (dir...

Mitochondrial DNA analysis of the geographic structure of Indian scad mackerel , Decapterus russelli ( Carangidae ) in the Indo - Malay archipelago