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Otomycosis: A common problem in North Iraq

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. M. Yehia ,
H. M. Al-Habib  and
N. M. Shehab
M. M. Yehia*
Affiliation:
Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Mosul—Iraq.
H. M. Al-Habib
Affiliation:
Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Mosul—Iraq.
N. M. Shehab
Affiliation:
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Mosul—Iraq.
*
M. M. Yehia, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Mosul—IRAQ.
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Abstract

Otomycosis is a common disease in North Iraq. Of the 219 cases diagnosed clinically in Mosul Teaching Hospital seen during a 15 month period, 179 were due to fungus infection. The disease was more frequently encountered in young adults whose age was range from 16–30 years. The incidence of the disease was significantly higher in females (65.4 per cent), mainly housewives, than in males. Aspergillus species were the dominant isolated fungi (92.1 per cent).

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 104 , Issue 5 , May 1990 , pp. 387 - 389
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1990

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