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Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology
Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
e-ISSN 2008-4161
p-ISSN 2008-3645
Fungal flora of hearing aid moulds and ear canal in hearing aid wearers in school children in Ahvaz, Iran (2008)
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1Department of Medical Mycoparasitology,School of Medicine, and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center,Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, [email protected], Iran
2Department of ENT,School of Medicine,Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Department of Medical Mycoparasitology,School of Medicine, and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center,Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, [email protected], Iran. Email: [email protected]
Published online:Jan 31, 2009
Article type:Research Article
Received:Nov 01, 2008
Accepted:Jan 01, 2009
How to Cite:Zarei Mahmoudabadi A, Abshirini H, Rahimi R. Fungal flora of hearing aid moulds and ear canal in hearing aid wearers in school children in Ahvaz, Iran (2008). Jundishapur J Microbiol. 2009;2(1):. doi:
Abstract
The aim of study was to determine the presence and nature of fungal flora on hearing aid ear moulds and ear canal in hearing aid wearers. Only ‘behind the ear’ (BTE) acrylic hearing aid moulds were included in this study. Hearing aid ear moulds and ear canal were swabbed and samples were cultured on Sabouraud's dextrose agar to determine qualitatively and quantitatively the mycoflora present. Seventeen out of 120 (14.2%) BTE wearers had different fungi in their hearing aids or ear canal. The most common fungi were Aspergillus niger (eight cases) followed by A. flavus (three cases), Rhizopus (three cases), Penicillium (two cases) and C. albicans (three cases). BTE wearers have a varied fungal flora on their ear moulds and ears canal. The fungal flora, including recognized pathogen that colonizes ear canal may lead to otomycosis.
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