Cryptococcal ear infection is an uncommon but often an undiagnosed fatal complication associated with the ear. This study was undertaken due to the enormous childhood morbidity and health care costs associated with otological infections, together with the increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistant middle ear bacterial pathogens. The aims of this study were to isolate and identify micro-organisms responsible for ear infections and determine their antibiotic susceptibility pattern.
Cryptococcus neoformans, Otological infections, Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
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