| prevalence of otomycosis in malnourished children in edo state, nigeria. | out of the total number at 200 suspected cases of otomycoses consisting of 40 malnourished and 160 apparently healthy children examined in this study between the months of july and august in edo state, 64 cases (32%) were identified to be of fungal aetiology on the basis of positive culture and careful microscopic examination. the state at protein energy malnourishment was deterwined using physicians' comments in their case files. the fungal agents isolated were aspergillus niger 28 (43.8%); a. ... | 1997 | 9646512 |
| otomycosis in western nigeria. | otomycosis is a recognized clinical entity in the tropical regions of the world. however, there is scanty information on this disease in some parts of sub-saharan africa. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of etiological agents of otomycosis in western nigeria. medical records of patients with otomycosis seen in the otorhinolaryngology department of the university college hospital, ibadan from 1996-2005 were reviewed for all essential clinical data. of the 5784 pat ... | 2008 | 18076598 |
| otomycosis in nigeria: treatment with mercurochrome. | seventy-two mycologically proven cases of otomycosis (38 males, 34 females) aged 8-80 years were investigated. aspergillus niger was the commonest aetiological agent (43.1%) followed by candida spp. (22.2%), a. flavus (19.4%) and a. fumigatus (15.3%). three topical drugs, namely mercurochrome, clotrimazole and locacorten-vioform, were evaluated for otomycosis therapy in separate groups of 24 patients each. mercurochrome was found to be the most efficacious in terms of healing, relief from sympto ... | 2001 | 11766105 |
| role of opportunistic fungi in ocular infections in nigeria. | the importance of opportunistic fungal pathogens in causing ocular infections is emphasized. a study was conducted over a period of 4 years (1974--1977) to investigate the role of opportunistic fungi in causing mycotic keratitis and to elucidate certain aspects of epidemiology of this disease in nigeria. fifty-nine cases of corneal ulcers of suspected mycotic etiology were investigated. fungal etiology was confirmed in 42 of these cases. the predominant etiological agent was fusarium solani in 1 ... | 1978 | 745623 |