title: [Problematics of fungal infections in the ear].
abstract: Fungal infections of the ear are recognised quite rarely, but they make sometimes, for many reasons, very important diagnostic-therapy issue. Cantagion may developes in every elements of the ear, ranging from external ear (external canal ear, sometimes auricle), middle ear (every pneumatic structure) to iner ear (extra ordinary 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.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Otolaryngologii i Onkologii Laryngologicznej Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Szyfter
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D020953:Neuroaspergillosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D010031:Otitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome