Bacterial and fungal organisms in otitis externa patients without fungal infection risk factors in Erzurum, Turkey Summary
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Bacterial and fungal organisms in otitis externa patients without fungal infection risk factors in Erzurum, Turkey.
AIM To describe the bacterial and fungal organisms in otitis externa patients without other risk factors for fungal infections. STUDY DESIGN Cross sectional cohort descriptive study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ear swabs were obtained from 362 patients aged 1 to 55 years old with clinically diagnosed otitis externa in Erzurum, Turkey, between January 2006 and April 2007, and cultured for aerobic ...
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