Background: Otomycosis is a superficial mycotic infection of the external auditory canal. Clinical presentation, along with otoscopic findings, sufficient to make diagnosis in most cases. Treatment includes aural cleaning followed by instillation anti-fungal ear drops. In recent years, there has been an increasing trend antifungal resistance for commonly used antifungals such as fluconazole and...

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 infection and fungi play a smaller but significant role in the disease. otomycosis is charac...

A SURVEY of British literature leaves the impression that otomycosis has never held a prominent place among ear diseases in this country. Dismissing the condition in a few lines, most authors suggest that it occurs infrequently and that treatment is a simple matter of applying some wellknown preparation. It is, however, apparent in most clinics that the discharging ear still presents unsolved p...

Otomycosis, or otitis externa of fungal etiolog), i5 a chronic or 3ubacute infection ot the pinna, the ekternal auditorv nieatus and the ear canal.1 I t has a WOI-Id-wide distribution with a prevalence in tropical and subtropical regions. Etiological studies in many parts ot the world have revealed that many lungi nlay he intolced. As early as 1447, 53 diftcrent \pecic\ had been iniplicated.2 O...

conclusions according to the role of different genera of fungi in the process of otomycosis, much attention on the macroscopic and microscopic examination of the samples leads to special treatment decisions of a physician. results thirty-three patients (55.36%) were female and the rest were male. fungal elements were observed in 11 cases (19.64%) in the direct examination, alone, and 45 specime...

background and purpose: otomycosis is an acute, subacute or chronic fungal infection of the pinna, the external auditory meatus and the ear canal caused mainly by several species of saprophytic fungi. lamisil (terbinafine) is an allylamine antifungal agent, that is used both in the topical and oral administration for the treatment of dermatophytosis, cutaneous candidiasis, and the pityriasis ve...