Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: mahmoudi.sh@iums.ac.ir.
Center of Expertise in Mycology Radboud University Medical Centre/Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM), Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Ministry of Health, Directorate General of Health Services, Ibri, Oman.
Center of Expertise in Mycology Radboud University Medical Centre/Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM), Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Laboratory of Medical Mycology and Space Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
Department of AMR Mycosis Control Research in the Environment of Treatment and Education for Physically and Mentally Handicapped Persons, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan.
Laboratory of Medical Mycology and Space Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan. makimura@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp.
Department of AMR Mycosis Control Research in the Environment of Treatment and Education for Physically and Mentally Handicapped Persons, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan. makimura@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp.
Teikyo University Institute of Medical Mycology, Tokyo, Japan. makimura@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp.
Candida auris is a multidrug-resistant yeast emerging in immunocompromised and in otherwise healthy individuals. Due to difficulties in microbiological identification of C. auris because of the lack o...
Candida albicans and non-albicans Candida species are considered as commensal yeasts of many cavities including the external auditory canal (EAC) in healthy individuals. These fungal microorganisms ca...
A prospective observational study was conducted from July 2016 and June 2017 at the Laboratory of Parasitology and Mycology of the Sourô SANOU University Hospital in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Iden...
Out of 160 patients with clinically diagnosed otomycosis, 77(48.1%) were investigated positive for Candida species. Candida albicans (61%) was the most isolated species and non-albicans Candida specie...
Otomycosis due to Candida species should be especially considered, since they have a wide number of potential virulence factors that cause fungal infections. Also, antifungal susceptibility testing sh...
To assess the effectiveness of some topical non-specific antifungal agents compared to topical specific antifungal drugs in otomycosis therapy....
The single-blind comparative prospective study was conducted from January 1, 2018, to January 1, 2019, at the outpatient department of Al Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, and comprised patien...
Of the 120 patients, 40(33.3%) were in each of the three groups. Overall, there were 62(51.6%) males and 58(48.4%) females with a mean age of 30.79±7.82 years. The left ear was affected in 70(58.33%) ...
Local antifungal agents clotrimazole, 3% salicylic acid and 10% povidone iodine were effective in the treatment of otomycosis with varying degrees of success, with clotrimazole being the most effectiv...
Otomycosis is common in environments with hot, humid weather, and it may be challenging to manage....
To profile common clinical presentations, the pathogenic fungi, the treatment modalities with responses, and explore clinical factors associated with having positive fungal culture in Otomycosis....
Retrospective review of patients with Otomycosis. Demographic and clinical parameters, otoscopic findings and mycological study results were recorded. The treatment modalities used and treatment respo...
Total of 71 patients with M: F=1:1.8, mean age 38.5±19.8 years. Average duration of symptoms was 5.4 ±4.6 weeks; common presenting complaint was itchy ear (33.8%). Majority of patients (85.9%) had uni...
Otomycosis commonly present with itchy ears, the pathogenic fungi commonly being Aspergillus species. The factors associated with positive fungal culture were age, non-usage of ototopic agents and pre...
Aim: To study the species composition of microorganisms isolated from patients with otomycosis, and to control the sensitivity of isolated microorganisms to the most commonly used antifungal drugs....
Materials and methods: The main group of study was 132 patients with a preliminary diagnosis of Otomycosis was carried out in the period 2020-2022.To study the sensitivity of isolated microorganisms t...
Results: Analysis of studies showed that among 132 patients, fungal infection was found in 101 patients (76%), the cultural method - in 31 patients (23.5%); of them women - 56 (42.4%), men - 60 (45.5%...
Conclusions: The general structure of the species spectrum of etiologically significant pathogens of otomycosis: Candida spp. (78.0%) of the total spectrum of isolates. The sensitivity of isolated mic...
The aim of this case report is to illustrate how multiple co-existing factors can contribute to otomycosis and to highlight possible new etiologies for this common condition....
We report the case of a woman with otomycosis in which a) several factors could have played an additive, contributing role, and b) with all other clinical parameters being equal (ceteris paribus) befo...
Our case highlights that traditional medicines must be used with caution since they might cause side-effects and that history-taking must include enquiry about their use. This case also highlights tha...
Fungal infection of the ear canal is called Otomycosis. It is more common in hot and humid condition. There are many modalities of treatment or therapeutic agent for treatment of otomycosis. Econazole...
Otomycosis is a common fungal ear infection usually found in tropical and subtropical countries where infections arise due to hot and humid conditions. Also, these infections have a high recurrence ra...
The study was conducted in Pune (India) in the department of Ear Nose Throat & Head at the Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and research center, Pune (India) for a period of one year (2019 -20...
Our study had patients of 18 to 60 years, with the highest prevalence in males (58%) aged 30 to 45 years. A large number of infection cases were reported at the hospital, i.e., 62 cases during the wet...
Applying nanocrystalline silver cured most of the patients (89%) within 14 days. Treating otomycosis patients with nanocrystalline silver demonstrated beneficial results. Further studies with larger s...
Luliconazole is currently confirmed for the topical therapy of dermatophytosis. Moreover, it is found that luliconazole has...
Thirty eight isolates of...
Luliconazole with extremely low MIC range, 0.00049-0.00781 μg/mL and MIC...
The analysis of our data clearly indicated that luliconazole (with MIC...
