[Acute external otitis: retrospective study of 170 cases]. / Otitis externas agudas: estudio retrospectivo de 170 casos.

170 external otitis have been diagnosed and treated for one year (1989) in our ENT department. The etiology of the otitis was both bacterial and mycotic. The purpose of this paper is to study the clinical, therapeutic, epidemiologic and microbiologic aspects of this type of otitis.