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Fungal flora of hearing aid moulds and ear canal in hearing aid wearers in school children in Ahvaz, Iran (2008)
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نویسنده
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Zarei Mahmoudabadi Ali ,Abshirini Hassan ,Rahimi Rozita
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منبع
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jundishapur journal of microbiology - 2009 - دوره : 2 - شماره : 1 - صفحه:22 -24
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چکیده
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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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کلیدواژه
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Hearing aid ,Normal flora ,Ear canal ,Yeast ,Mould
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ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, School of Medicineand Infectious Diseases and Tropical Research Centre, Department of Medical Mycoparasitology, ایران, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, School of Medicine, Department of ENT, ایران, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, School of Medicine, and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Department of Medical Mycoparasitology, ایران
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