Otomycosis Caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes: About Two Cases

Otomycosis is a common superficial fungal infection that affects the external auditory canal. The infection may present as acute, subacute, or chronic, and is typically unilateral, the species causing fungal infection in the ear include molds, yeasts. Members of the dermatophytes, normally seen from infected skin and nails, have seldom been implicated in otomycosis. Both patients had presented with unilateral ear pain and reduced hearing. on examination of a swab, secretions bearing fungal filaments of dermatophyte elements. Culture yielded Trichophyton mentagrophytes. The dermatophytic infection of the ear is a rare condition whose symptoms are not specific and their diagnosis requiring a careful sampling and mycological examination.