UNLABELLED Acute external otitis is a polymicrobial infectious disease. AIM The purpose of this study was to isolate, identify and determine the Antimicrobial susceptibility of organisms causing otitis externa (OE). METHODS Twenty-seven swabs were taken from the ears of 27 patients with OE for culture and 22 microorganisms were isolate to evaluate sensitivity. In vitro susceptibility tests ...

introduction otomycosis is a common infection of the external ear that is seen in the tropical and subtropical areas of the world. we performed mycologic analysis by obtaining samples from the external auditory canal in patients clinically diagnosed with otomycosis. methods 174 patients with clinical suspicion of otomycosis referred to the otolaryngology clinic of al-zahra and kashani hospitals...

Otitis externa. Penicillin drops applied to the external meatus appear to me to have no value at all. In otitis externa it must be almost impossible by such means to maintain a sufficient concentration of the drug in contact with the infected tissues. At all events, among some thirty cases I have seen none in which it has given any good result : and in several I had the impression that the appl...

OBJECTIVE: To compare the air deflation pressure of the eustachian tubes in patients with tympanic membrane perforations due to various forms of otitis media and those with myringotomy or blast injury perforations. METHODS: The study group consisted of 321 patients (407 ears) aged 4 months to 91 years with tympanic membrane perforations due to otitis media (318 ears), blast injury (27), and myr...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Otitis media is endemic in remote Indigenous communities of Australia's Northern Territory. Alloiococcus otitidis is an outer ear commensal and putative middle ear pathogen that has not previously been described in acute otitis media (AOM) in this population. The aims of this study were to determine the presence, antibiotic susceptibility and bacterial load of A. otitid...

We report here a case of a 34-year-old gentleman who developed right-sided necrotising colitis after clozapine usage. Anticholinergic activity is believed to the cause. We believe that in patients who have been consuming medications known to have an association with necrotising colitis, constipation with concomitant increasing abdominal pain, distension and fever should be treated with a strong...

Background and Objective: Otitis externa is a common condition affecting the external auditory canal. Predisposing factors implicated in the pathogenesis of the condition include preexisting aural disease, genetic factors, infection, trauma, and climatic conditions. Bacteria are the most common cause of ...

INTRODUCTION Otitis externa (OE) is an inflammation or infection of the external auditory canal (EAC), the auricle, or both this condition has been reported to be found in all age groups. The aims and objectives were, study/determine the prevalence of Otitis externa in the specialist otolaryngology clinic in National Ear Care Center Kaduna, study the pattern of presentation among patients with ...

A bacteriological study of external ear canal was performed in 52 hospitalized cancer patients and 42 non hospitalized cancer patients at Shafa hospital, Ahwaz. Study was under taken to find out the normal flora changes in the external ear canals and to observe the prevalence of external otitis among these cancer patients. The control group consisted of 40 non-cancer patients. We observed the f...

OBJECTIVE To compare the characteristics and prognosis of patients with malignant (necrotizing) external otitis (MEO) with and without facial nerve palsy in today's era of third-generation antibiotics. DESIGN Comparative retrospective case series. SETTING Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, a tertiary care medical center. PATIENTS Forty-eight patients...