title: [Otomycosis: presentation of 15 cases].
abstract: Fifteen cases of otomycosis in 11 women and 4 men attending the Clinic Hospital in Salamanca during the period from 1984 to 1988 are discussed. A. niger was the species isolated on the majority of occasions (73.3%). The commonest form of presentation of otomycosis was simple chronic (73.3%). The clinical pictures was characterized by serous secretion and pruritus. Otomycosis with associated bacterial infection (20.0%) was the cause of the most intense symptoms, featuring suppuration and hypoacusia. In 5 patients, local antecedents of interest were observed: three cases of chronic cholesteatomatose otitis in which surgery had been performed; retroauricular eczema, and perichondritis of the ear. Despite topical treatment with clotrimazole, 4 cases of relapse occurred (26.7%) and in none of these was associated bacterial infection observed.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Canut
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pescador
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gómez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*
vernacular_title: Otomicosis: presentación de quince casos.