Otomycosis: Etiopathogenesis, clinical presentation, modern diagnostic and treatment methods
Abstract
This article covers the etiological factors, developmental mechanism, detailed clinical
signs, as well as modern medical diagnostic and treatment principles of otomycosis, which is a
fungal inflammation of the external auditory canal and the tympanic membrane.
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