Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is chronic inflammation of middle ear and mastoid cavity with recurrent ear discharge lasting for more than 6months. Studies are mainly done on the bacterial aetiology of CSOM, but very little is known about the fungal aspects of such cases. Otomycosis is increasing in the recent years because of the indiscriminate use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, corticosteroids, and an increase in the number of immune deficiency disorders. The study aimed to find out the fungal agents responsible for causing CSOM among the patients who attended the Department of ENT in our hospital. 170 patients having chronic suppurative otitis media of all age group and both sexes were selected for study from April 2014 to December 2015. Ear discharge was collected under aseptic precautions using sterile cotton swabs and fungal culture was done. | Mycological profile of chronic suppurative otitis media in a tertiary care hospital in South India 2017 6 2 127-132 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 2 2017 pp. 127-132 Journal homepage http Original Research Article http Mycological Profile of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India Sahira Haneefa Sathya Bhama and Jyothi Rajahamsan Department of Microbiology Government Medical College Thiruvananthapuram India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Chronic suppurative otitis media CSOM is chronic inflammation of middle ear and mastoid cavity with recurrent ear discharge lasting for more than 6months. Studies are Keywords mainly done on the bacterial aetiology of CSOM but very little is known about the fungal aspects of such cases. Otomycosis is increasing in the recent years because of the Chronic suppurative indiscriminate use of broad-spectrum antibiotics corticosteroids and an increase in the otitis media Otomycosis number of immune deficiency disorders. The study aimed to find out the fungal agents Aspergillus responsible for causing CSOM among the patients who attended the Department of ENT in Candida. our hospital. 170 patients having chronic suppurative otitis media of all age group and both sexes were selected for study from April 2014 to December 2015. Ear discharge was Article Info collected under aseptic precautions using sterile cotton swabs and fungal culture was done. A total of 170 patients who were clinically diagnosed with CSOM were included in this Accepted study. Of which 104 61 were females and 66 39 were males. Fungus isolated from 05 January 2017 87 cases. Main fungal isolates were Aspergillus species 67 77 followed by Available Online Candida species 10 . CSOM with otomycosis produce serious complication and 10 February 2017 treatment failure. So fungal .
