Otomycosis – one of the fungal infections of the ENT organs.

Abstract

Today, more than 500,000 species of microscopic fungi are known, and only about 50 of them are pathogenic for humans. According to the WHO, 1/5 of the world's population has a fungal pathology. The increase in the incidence of mycoses is primarily associated with a decrease in the body's immunological resistance, caused by environmental pollution, the unjustified and long-term use of antibacterial drugs that disrupt the microbiocenosis of the body, as well as corticosteroids and immunosuppressants. Otomycosis (fungal otitis, otitis of fungal etiology) - most often, these names mean an inflammatory disease of the skin of the external auditory canal, which is caused by various types of parasitic fungi. Fungal diseases of the tympanic membrane, the middle ear, and the postoperative ear cavity are also encountered in the practice of an ENT doctor, but the most common is a fungal infection of the outer ear itself. The aim of the study. We examined 86 patients with otomycosis, to study the most frequent symptoms characteristic of this disease, and to develop a treatment strategy.