Research Article
Primary Otomycosis in the Indian Subcontinent: Predisposing Factors, Microbiology, and Classification
Table 2
Fungi-bacteria association in study (otomycosis) and control groups.
| Fungal isolates | Study group () | Control group () | Study group () | Control group () | Number of cases positive for fungi (%) | Number of cases positive for bacteria (%) | Number of cases positive for fungi (%) | Number of cases positive for bacteria (%) |
Associated bacterial isolates, number (%) |
| A. niger complex | 38 (38) | 25 (66) | 11 (22) | 5 (13.2) | S. aureus 12 (31.5) Proteus 3 (7.9) P. aeruginosa 7 (18.4) Klebsiella 3 (7.9) | S. aureus 1 (9.1) S. epidermidis 4 (36.4) |
| A. fumigatus complex | 27 (27) | 17 (63) | 2 (4) | 1 (3.7) | S. aureus 4 (14.8) Proteus 3 (11.1) P. aeruginosa 8 (29.6) Klebsiella 3 (11.1) | Corynebacteria 1 (50) |
| A. flavus complex | 15 (15) | 9 (60) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | S. aureus 7 (14.8) Proteus 1 (3.7) P. aeruginosa 1 (3.7) | 0 (0) |
| Penicillium spp. | 8 (8) | 2 (25) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | S. aureus 2 (25) | 0 (0) |
| C. albicans | 4 (4) | 3 (75) | 3 (6) | 0 (0) | S. aureus 1 (25) P. aeruginosa 2 (50) | 0 (0) |
| Rhizopus spp. | 1 (1) | 1 (100) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | S. aureus 1 (100) | 0 (0) |
| Chrysosporium | 1 (1) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | S. aureus 1 (100) | 0 (0) |
| Mixed fungal infections | 6 (6) | 5 (83) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | S. aureus 3 (50) P. aeruginosa 2 (38.3) | 0 (0) |
| Total | 100 (100) | 63 (63) | 21 (42) | 6 (12) | ā | ā |
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