Aim of this article is to focus the attention of the reader on the application of CE/MS and LC/MS to the analysis of human body fluids not currently used for the diagnosis of disorders and, for this reason, catalogued as "less/nonconventional" fluids, that is, tears, nasal secretions, cerumen, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, sputum, exhaled breath condensate, nipple aspirate, breast milk, amnioti...

The indigenous microbial flora of the middle ear cavity of Mongolian gerbils, Meriones unguiculatus, was isolated, characterized, and identified, showing it to be sparse and transitory. Organisms, when found in the middle ear cavity, were most likely to be Staphylococcus epidermidis-like organisms. Cerumen from the external auditory canal of these animals yielded mostly staphylococci, corynefor...

One hundred and thirteen dogs of different breeds and with different clinical forms of external otitis were mycologically and bacteriologically examined. Forty six of those dogs showed abnormal cerumen with a high yeasts contamination. These yeasts belong to four species: Malassezia pachydermatis (80.4%), Cryptococcus laurentii (13.1%), Candida parapsilosis (4.3%) and Trichosporon cutaneum (2.1...

External ear development is a lengthy and complex process that extends from early embryonic life until well into the postnatal period. Initial development of the auricle and external auditory canal during the fourth and fifth weeks of gestation is closely associated with anatomical changes involving the pharyngeal arch apparatus of the human embryo. The auricle and external canal are well forme...

BACKGROUND Malassezia pachydermatis is part of the normal cutaneous microflora of dogs and many other mammals. M pachydermatis has not yet been reported as an agent that causes skin infection in humans, although it has been found to cause fungemia and other nosocomial infections in preterm newborns and immunocompromised adults. OBSERVATIONS Malassezia pachydermatis was isolated from the facia...

Ears are one of the most frequently cleaned parts body. There many ways to clean ears, for example by using cotton buds, candles and so on. The act cleaning ear with buds is not recommended, because it can cause earwax (cerumen prop) be pushed into that over time will hearing loss (deafness). Sometimes use too deep, causing damage eardrum. Education in form counseling given junior high school s...