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Effect of combination therapy with ceftizoxime and clotrimazole in the treatment of otomycosis
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: There are controversial findings regarding the efficacy of antifungal drugs in the treatment of a ruptured eardrum following fungal infections. Regarding this, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of the co-administration of antifungal and antib...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6101155/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30186989 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/cmm.4.1.30 |
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author | Mahdavi Omran, Saeid Yousefzade, Zahra Khafri, Soraya Taghizadeh-Armaki, Mojtaba Kiakojuri, Keyvan |
author_facet | Mahdavi Omran, Saeid Yousefzade, Zahra Khafri, Soraya Taghizadeh-Armaki, Mojtaba Kiakojuri, Keyvan |
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description | BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: There are controversial findings regarding the efficacy of antifungal drugs in the treatment of a ruptured eardrum following fungal infections. Regarding this, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of the co-administration of antifungal and antibacterial agents in the treatment of otomycosis with tympanic membrane perforation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This analytical, clinical trial was conducted on 87 patients with otomycosis showing no bacterial elements in the direct observation and culture. The study population was assigned into two groups of intervention (n=45) and control (n=42). The demographic and clinical data, as well as the data related to the direct observation and culture of the ear samples were recorded in a checklist. All statistical analysis was performed in SPSS (version 24). RESULTS: The most prevalent symptoms in both groups were hearing loss and itching, and the most common finding was secretion. Aspergillus and Candida were the most frequent fungi isolated from the samples. After the implementation of combination therapy, the intervention group demonstrated a significant decrease in symptoms and signs, compared to the control group (P=0.005). CONCLUSION: The findings of the present study indicated that the use combination therapy with ceftizoxime powder and clotrimazole ointment was effective the in treatment of the patients with tympanic membrane rupture showing no bacterial effects in direct examination and culture. |
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spelling | pubmed-61011552018-09-05 Effect of combination therapy with ceftizoxime and clotrimazole in the treatment of otomycosis Mahdavi Omran, Saeid Yousefzade, Zahra Khafri, Soraya Taghizadeh-Armaki, Mojtaba Kiakojuri, Keyvan Curr Med Mycol Original Article BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: There are controversial findings regarding the efficacy of antifungal drugs in the treatment of a ruptured eardrum following fungal infections. Regarding this, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of the co-administration of antifungal and antibacterial agents in the treatment of otomycosis with tympanic membrane perforation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This analytical, clinical trial was conducted on 87 patients with otomycosis showing no bacterial elements in the direct observation and culture. The study population was assigned into two groups of intervention (n=45) and control (n=42). The demographic and clinical data, as well as the data related to the direct observation and culture of the ear samples were recorded in a checklist. All statistical analysis was performed in SPSS (version 24). RESULTS: The most prevalent symptoms in both groups were hearing loss and itching, and the most common finding was secretion. Aspergillus and Candida were the most frequent fungi isolated from the samples. After the implementation of combination therapy, the intervention group demonstrated a significant decrease in symptoms and signs, compared to the control group (P=0.005). CONCLUSION: The findings of the present study indicated that the use combination therapy with ceftizoxime powder and clotrimazole ointment was effective the in treatment of the patients with tympanic membrane rupture showing no bacterial effects in direct examination and culture. Iranian Society of Medical Mycology 2018-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6101155/ /pubmed/30186989 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/cmm.4.1.30 Text en © 2018, 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. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Mahdavi Omran, Saeid Yousefzade, Zahra Khafri, Soraya Taghizadeh-Armaki, Mojtaba Kiakojuri, Keyvan Effect of combination therapy with ceftizoxime and clotrimazole in the treatment of otomycosis |
title | Effect of combination therapy with ceftizoxime and clotrimazole in the treatment of otomycosis |
title_full | Effect of combination therapy with ceftizoxime and clotrimazole in the treatment of otomycosis |
title_fullStr | Effect of combination therapy with ceftizoxime and clotrimazole in the treatment of otomycosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of combination therapy with ceftizoxime and clotrimazole in the treatment of otomycosis |
title_short | Effect of combination therapy with ceftizoxime and clotrimazole in the treatment of otomycosis |
title_sort | effect of combination therapy with ceftizoxime and clotrimazole in the treatment of otomycosis |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6101155/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30186989 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/cmm.4.1.30 |
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