Otomycosis in western Nigeria

Mycoses

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-70

  Fasunla, James ^a   Ibekwe, Titus ^a   Onakoya, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aspergillus spp; Candida albicans; Nigeria; Otomycosis; Predisposing factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EAR DISEASE; EAR PRURITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOSIS; NIGERIA; OTALGIA; OTOMYCOSIS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOM; TINNITUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 36749075667     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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