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Otomycosis in Damascus, Syria: Etiology and clinical features

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Otomycosis is a fungal infection that frequently involves the external auditory canal. The epidemiologic data on the etiologic agents of otomycosis in Syria are very limited. In this study, we aimed to determine the fungal agents, gender distribution, and clinical presentatio...

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Autores principales: Ismail, Mohammad. T, Al-Kafri, Abeer, Ismail, Mazen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iranian Society of Medical Mycology 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5914924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29707671
http://dx.doi.org/10.29252/cmm.3.3.27
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description BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Otomycosis is a fungal infection that frequently involves the external auditory canal. The epidemiologic data on the etiologic agents of otomycosis in Syria are very limited. In this study, we aimed to determine the fungal agents, gender distribution, and clinical presentation of otomycosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two hundred and ninety nine patients (153 [51.17%] male and 146 [48.83%] female) clinically prediagnosed as otomycosis were studied at Al-mouassat University Hospital and ENT Crescent Syrian Clinic. Clinical samples were collected from the ear discharges and cultured on Sabouraud Agar. RESULTS: Otomycosis was diagnosed in 70 (23.4%) cases, with the highest prevalence in males aged 16-75 years (73.6%). The isolation rates of mold and yeast fungi were 75.7% and 24.3%, respectively. The most common presentations were otorrhea (98.66%), otalgia (18.06%), and hearing loss (6.35%). Our results showed that 64.28% of otomycosis agents were Aspergillus species. A. niger was the most common agent (45.7%), and 24.3% of the pathogens were C. albicans. CONCLUSION: Otomycosis agents most commonly belonged to the genus of Aspergillus followed by Candida, which should be seriously considered by physicians for appropriate treatment.
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spelling pubmed-59149242018-04-27 Otomycosis in Damascus, Syria: Etiology and clinical features Ismail, Mohammad. T Al-Kafri, Abeer Ismail, Mazen Curr Med Mycol Short Communication BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Otomycosis is a fungal infection that frequently involves the external auditory canal. The epidemiologic data on the etiologic agents of otomycosis in Syria are very limited. In this study, we aimed to determine the fungal agents, gender distribution, and clinical presentation of otomycosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two hundred and ninety nine patients (153 [51.17%] male and 146 [48.83%] female) clinically prediagnosed as otomycosis were studied at Al-mouassat University Hospital and ENT Crescent Syrian Clinic. Clinical samples were collected from the ear discharges and cultured on Sabouraud Agar. RESULTS: Otomycosis was diagnosed in 70 (23.4%) cases, with the highest prevalence in males aged 16-75 years (73.6%). The isolation rates of mold and yeast fungi were 75.7% and 24.3%, respectively. The most common presentations were otorrhea (98.66%), otalgia (18.06%), and hearing loss (6.35%). Our results showed that 64.28% of otomycosis agents were Aspergillus species. A. niger was the most common agent (45.7%), and 24.3% of the pathogens were C. albicans. CONCLUSION: Otomycosis agents most commonly belonged to the genus of Aspergillus followed by Candida, which should be seriously considered by physicians for appropriate treatment. Iranian Society of Medical Mycology 2017-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5914924/ /pubmed/29707671 http://dx.doi.org/10.29252/cmm.3.3.27 Text en © 2017, Published by Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences on behalf of Iranian Society of Medical Mycology and Invasive Fungi Research Center. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Otomycosis in Damascus, Syria: Etiology and clinical features
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5914924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29707671
http://dx.doi.org/10.29252/cmm.3.3.27
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