Various fungi causing otomycosis

Otomycosis is an external ear canal infection caused by various fungi. The aim of this study was to identify the fungal agents, predisposing factors and characteristics of patients. Between June 2018 to December 2018, 66 patients with clinical suspicion of otomycosis were enrolled and the samples from their external ear were examined for any mycological infection. Otomycosis was confirmed after mycological diagnosis in 60 of clinically suspected patients. Otomycosis was found to be more common among females (38) and majority in the age-group 30-40 years (34.84%).

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To study the various fungi causing otomycosis with its isolation and identification of species from the clinical laboratory of Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences, Ballari, ear swab samples are collected from the department of ENT which is suspected for fungal cause of otomycosis. KOH mount was done for the presence of fungal elements and also Grams staining of the sample is done to look for uniformly stained Gram positive fungal elements. Another ear swab from the same ear is directly streaked on the SDA slant for fungal culture.

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