Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Mycological profile of fungal rhino sinusitis in Kashmir valley

Shaika Farooq, Suhail Amin, Rumana Farooq

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Background; Fungal rhino sinusitis (FRS) has been a known medical entity for several hundred years but only in more recent times the disease has been further defined.Objective.In the present study we tried to find the mycological profile of different types of fungal rhino sinusiti cases (invasive and non–invasive) in our geographical area. Material and methods; This was a retrospective study conducted in the Department of microbiology. Government medical college Srinagar, Kashmir from September 2015 up to December 2018.KOH microscopy and culture of 103 sino–nasal tissue samples obtained by functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) in the ENT. Deptt from patients provisionally diagnosed as fungal rhino sinusitis were analyzed. Results; Out of the 103 FRS cases ,there was a male preponderance.(M;F ratio=2:1 ). Prevalence of Non –Invasive FRS was higher (85.3%) as compared to invasive FRS (14.7%) Mucor species was the most common fungi isolated (57%) among suspected cases of mucormycosis. Overall prevalence of aspergillus FRS (46%) was maximum, followed by FRS caused by other hyaline (22%) and demaetacious fungi (15%)Conclusions; Fungal Rhinusinusitis is an emerging entity in our clinical setup. KOH examination of nasal tissue sample is a simple tool that can prevent delay in treatment in invasive form in particular

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MYCOLOGICAL PROFILE OF FUNGAL RHINO SINUSITIS IN KASHMIR VALLEY, Shaika Farooq, Suhail Amin, Rumana Farooq INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-4 | April-2019

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