Effectiveness of 7.5 Percent Povidone Iodine in Comparison to 1 Percent Clotrimazole with Lignocaine in the Treatment of Otomycosis

Table 4

Sign resolution with povidone-iodine and clotrimazole.

Variables	Drug				𝑃 value
	Clotrimazole + lignocaine		Povidone iodine
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Tragal tenderness
Yes	—	—	—	—	—
No	12	100.0	15	100.0
Cartilaginous canal wall erythema
Yes	2	16.7	—	—	0.188
No	10	83.3	15	100.0
Cartilaginous canal wall edema
Yes	1	8.3	—	—	0.444
No	11	91.7	15	100.0
Bony canal wall erythema
Yes	1	8.3	1	6.7	1.000
No	11	91.7	14	93.3
Bony canal wall edema
Yes	—	—	1	6.7	1.000
No	12	100.0	14	93.3
Ear discharge in the canal
Yes	—	—	—	—	—
No	12	100.0	15	100.0
Tympanic membrane congestion
Yes	—	—	2	13.3	0.487
No	12	100.0	13	86.7