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II. ACTION OF SULFONAMIDE COMPOUNDS ON FUNGI ISOLATED FROM CASES OF OTOMYCOSIS

CAPTAIN BEN H. SENTURIA; TECHNICIAN FRED T. WOLF

Arch Otolaryngol. 1945;41(1):56-63.

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Reports from various theaters of operation indicate that external otitis is a problem of considerable importance as a cause of lost man hours of work in certain tropical and subtropical regions. There have been repeated requests for a study of this disease with a view toward devising a simple and expedient treatment which can be used under field conditions.

It is generally accepted that external otitis may be caused by bacteria, by fungi or by a mixture of bacteria and fungi. Of the varieties of fungi which have been isolated from the external ear,¹ species of Aspergillus appear to be the most frequently encountered in cases of external otitis.² Eleven species of the genus are listed by Dodge³ as having been isolated from the aural canal. Penicillium and the closely related Scopulariopsis occur occasionally and are of relatively little importance.⁴ The genus Mucor is represented by three species from the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
MEDICAL CORPS, ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES

From the Department of Otolaryngology (Research Section), Army Air Forces School of Aviation Medicine.

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