scholarly journals Regional prevalence of different types of sinusitis at a tertiary care centre in Northern India

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 969
Author(s):  
Abdul Rehman Khan ◽  
Farzana Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Otitis Media ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Acute Type ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract ◽  
Care Centre ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
Suppurative Otitis Media ◽  
Northern India ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Tract Infections

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of different types of rhinosinusitis in patients attending ENT Department OPD at a tertiary care centre in Ruhelkhand area of Northern India.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This study was done at department of Otorhinolaryngology, RMRI, Bareilly, India, a tertiary-care Teaching hospital. A total number of 39823 patients (22379 females, 17444 males) were included in this study from December 2017 till February 2020. Age range of selected patients was 3 months to 76 years, 3883 patients were having Rhinosinusitis and remaining having other ENT diseases.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> During 27 months period from December 2017 to February 2020, 39823 patients were seen in the OPD and patients were categorized in different disease groups, like chronic suppurative otitis media and acute suppurative otitis media, upper respiratory tract infections, acute and chronic tonsillitis and pharyngitis. Fourth most common disease group was different types of rhinosinusitis.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> In this study assessment was done of different ENT patients attending OPD. Chronic rhinosinusitis (46.1%) was the most common type of rhinosinusitis, followed by Acute type (29.7%).</p>

scholarly journals Mycology of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media at Tertiary Care Centre of Nepal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya ◽  
Rabindra Bhakta Pradhananga ◽  
Dipendra Kumar Mandal ◽  
Manoj Mahato ◽  
Niranjan Prasad Sah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Otitis Media ◽  
Potassium Hydroxide ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Neck Surgery ◽  
Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media ◽  
Fungal Culture ◽  
Care Centre ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
Suppurative Otitis Media ◽  
Positive Growth

Abstract ObjectiveThis study was designed to find out the fungal aetiological agents in chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) patients attending tertiary care centre of Nepal. ResultTotal 123 samples of 117 patients, outdoor as well as indoor from Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery (HNS) TUTH, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu those specimens were processed and among them, 23(18.7%) was found potassium hydroxide (KOH) mount positive whereas positive growth was in 27 specimens. The prevalence rate of fungus was 21.95 percent in which the main pathogen was Aspergillus species (51.8%), followed by Candida species (14.8 %). Keywords: CSOM, KOH, Fungal culture, Aspergillus

scholarly journals Study of bacterial pathogens causing chronic suppurative otitis media and the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the isolates at a tertiary care centre in Kochi

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 714
Author(s):  
Geetha Nair ◽  
Tanya Tonny Mampilly ◽  
Bindhu Vasudevan ◽  
J. Lancy
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Care Centre ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
Suppurative Otitis Media ◽  
Resistant Strains ◽  
Drug Resistant Strains

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is defined as chronic inflammation of middle ear and mastoid cavity presenting with recurrent ear discharges through a tympanic membrane perforation. Complications of CSOM were frequent in pre-antibiotic era. Injudicious use of antibiotics led to the emergence of multi-drug resistant strains and complications in return. To isolate the organisms associated with CSOM in a tertiary care centre and to detect their antibiogram.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> In this clinical, prospective, cross sectional study, a total of 100 patients clinically diagnosed with CSOM were enrolled from January to December 2019 (1 year).  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Of the 100 samples collected, predominant bacteria were isolated in 58 patients (58%). The most common isolate was <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em> (29 isolates) followed by <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> (24), <em>Klebsiella</em> species (3) and 1 isolate each of <em>Pneumococci</em> and <em>Acinetobacter</em> species. Among the 29 isolates of <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em>, 8 (28%) were multidrug resistant. Sensitivity was 100% to imipenem followed by 97% to meropenem,79% to gentamicin, 76% to amikacin, 66% to ciprofloxacin, 41% to piperacillin tazobactam and 17% to ceftazidime. Of the 24 isolates of <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>, 4 (16%) were methicillin resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> (MRSA).</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most common isolate, of which 28% were multi drug resistant. This calls for the judicious use of antibiotics and alternative measures for treatment of drug resistant strains. Formulating an antibiotic policy based on the local antibiogram can help in preventing the emergence and spread of resistant pathogens.</p>

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