Research Article

Primary Otomycosis in the Indian Subcontinent: Predisposing Factors, Microbiology, and Classification

Table 3

Percentage of various fungi in otomycosis as reported by different workers over the last few decades.

Reports from the Indian subcontinentReports from other parts of the world

AuthorsJoy et al. [32] Jain and Agrawal [21] Jaiswal [42]Kaur et al. [7]Pradhan et al. [5] Viswanatha et al. [8]Present study Geaney [43] UKYassin et al. [44] S. Arabia Pontes et al. [2] BahrainYehia et al. [15] Iraq Fasunla et al. [3] NigeriaPontes et al. [2] BrazilJia et al. [17] ChinaBarati et al. [14] Iran

Year1980 19921990200020032012201419671978 20091990 20082009 20122011

Asp. niger 44.356.33436.925.5563813.251.254.470.148.352054.7741.6
Asp. fumigatus 15.715.641.16.618277.525.15.633.9652.615.5
Asp. flavus 23.24.71.437.7149.218.315.65.43106.0949

Other aspergilli3.10.934.913.79.573.7

Candida sp.7.66.34613.710.416435.24.6177.312.265524.357.6

Mucor sp.5.46.31.42.3

Penicillium sp.1.14.71.41085.33.5

Rhizopus 122.710.6

Chrysosporium 1

Other fungi/mixed fungi2.7381.464.6102.610.9

No growth18.9