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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 17(3); 1974 > Article
Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1974;17(3): 49-54.
The Normal Fungal Flora in Otolaryngological Field
In Yong Park, MD1, Ki Dae Hong, MD1, and Tae Joo Choi, MS2, (Director : Prof. Gill Ryoung Kim, MD)
1;Department of Otolaryngology, 2;Microbiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea
이비인후과 영역에 있어서의 정상진균총에 관한 연구
박인용1 · 홍기대1 · 최태주2 · (지도 : 김기령 교수)
연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실1;미생물학교실2;
ABSTRACT

There is a tendency to increase the fungal infections, due to the phenomenon of antibiotics, over use of the steroid hormon, radiation therapy and the air pollution, which has presented many difficult problems in otolaryngological field. This study was designed to investigate the distribution of normal fungal flora in the external auditory canal, nose, pharynx and mouth. Authors obtained following conclusions through 327 persons who are not ill due to otolaryngological diseases and did not overuse antibiotics, during April of 1974 to June of 1974. 1) There is a tendency to increase the normal fungal flora in the external auditory canal, nose, pharynx, and mouth than the reports of past ten years. 2) The distribution rate of fungal flora is as follows. Nose : 59.5%, External auditory canal : 22.7%, Pharynx :15.9%, Mouth : 13.1%. 3) 18 genera were obtained from the normal external auditory canal, nose, pharynx and mouth, and the fungi frequently encountered with Aspergillus, Penicillium, Cladosporium and Alternaria. Candida was found very often in the pharynx and mouth, but rarely in the nose and external auditory canal. 4) One case of Isaria was isolated from the nose.

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