Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3171325 | Otolaryngologia Polska | 2008 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Fungal infections of the ear are recognised quite rarely, but they make sometimes, for many reasons, very important diagnostic-therapy issue. Cantagion may develop in every element of the ear, ranging from external ear (external canal ear, sometimes auricle), middle ear (every pneumatic structure) to inner ear (extraordinarily rarely). Every states, which weaken general and punctual immunity (like immunosupression, chemo-sterydotherapy, blood disease, pregnancy and HIV) are circles, which give facilities to invansion. After penetrated organism, course of infections, in case of type of patogens, trim of the patient and localization, can have without symptoms, sharp, chronic or fulminant shape. For the sake of morphological differentiation fungal, in their developing cycle, treatment mycosis recommends serious difficulty, extra factor, which impeds therapy, is a must of prolongely antifungal treatment and repeated (to total elimination) remove hyphae from ear, which stay sometimes even for week. Progress of the mycotic infections ear, remain bacterial infections and is often reason of bad diagnosis and incorrect treatment.
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Authors
Katarzyna Nowak, Witold Szyfter,