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Fungal and bacterial flora of chronic suppurative otitis media in amritsar (punjab)

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Ear discharge specimens from 182 clinically diagnosed cases of chronic suppurative otitis media were cultured for isolation of fungi and bacteria. Positive fungal cultures were obtained in 13.7 %; present alone in 7.6% and incombination with various bacteria in 6.1%. Bacteria alone were present in 60.4% cases. The fungal isolates were candida albicans (60%) and Aspergillus (40%). Bacterial isolates showed the predominence of pseudomonas aeriginosa (44.8%) followed by Staphylococcus aureus (20.4%). Newer antibiotics like Cefotaxime, Gentamicin and Ciprofloxacin were found to be more effective against all the gram positive and negative isolates.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Medical College, Amritsar, 14,3001, Punjab

    Urmil Mohan & Neerja Jindal

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Mohan, U., Jindal, N. Fungal and bacterial flora of chronic suppurative otitis media in amritsar (punjab). IJO & HNS 50, 175–177 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02991685

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