Morbidity pattern of ear, nose, and throat diseases in children in Benghazi

A study of morbidity pattern of E.N.T. disease in children in Benghazi was carried out for a period of two and a half years ending in December 1981. Children below 12 years comprised 20.2% E.N.T. out-patients, and 28.01% of E.N.T. emergencies. The common conditions encountered were tonsillitis 35.35%; otitis media 19.56%; and epistaxis 3.03%. The common emergencies were epistaxis [26.28%], foreign body nose [17.09%], trauma nose [16.32%] and foreign body in the oseophagus [10.9%]

Bacterial flora in chronic suppurative otitis media in Benghazi

A study of bacterial flora in one hundred cases of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media [CSOM] was carried out at the 7th April Teaching Hospital, in Benghazi. This study included culture of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, and culture for fungi in all cases. The commonest pathogens identified were Pseudomonas sp. [26%], Staphylococci [25%] and Proteus sp. [23%]. Fungi were isolated in 9% of cases. No growth was seen in 15% of the specimens cultured. No anaerobic organisms were cultred. No resistant strains were identified by an antibiogram study