Open AccessClinical and microbial epidemiology of otomycosis in the city of Yasuj, southwest Iran, revealing Aspergillus tubingensis as the dominant causative agent
Author(s) -
Gholamabbas Sabz,
Maral Gharaghani,
Hossein Mirhendi,
Bahram Ahmadi,
Mohamad Amin Gatee,
Marzie Taheripour Sisakht,
Alireza Hemati,
Réza Mohammadi,
Jabar Taghavi,
Sadegh NouripourSisakht
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000948
Subject(s) - aspergillus , candida albicans , candida tropicalis , biology , internal transcribed spacer , microbiology and biotechnology , candida parapsilosis , aspergillus niger , corpus albicans , ribosomal rna , genetics , gene
Otomycosis is a mycotic infection of the external auditory canal and can be caused by a wide range of fungal species. In this study, we aimed to identify fungal isolates from patients suspected of otomycosis.