ReviewFrontiers in veterinary science2024
The role of the microbiome in allergic dermatitis-related otitis externa: a multi-species comparative review.
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- Clinical Efficacy of Probiotic-Based Ear Drops Containing Lactobacilli in Canine Erythroceruminous Otitis Externa: An Open Label, Multicentre Study.Veterinary dermatology · 2026Article
- Probiotic Engraftment and Suppression of Canine Otitis Externa Pathogens by Probiotic Ear Drops.Veterinary dermatology · 2026Article
- Companion Dogs and Cats as Key Reservoirs of Antimicrobial Resistance: Evidence and One Health Implications.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Importance of Ear Canal Microbiota and Earwax in the Prevention of Outer Ear Infections.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Therapeutic and Formulation Innovations in the Management of Canine Otitis Externa.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
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Abstract
The external ear canal, characterized by species-specific structural and physiological differences, maintains a hostile environment that prevents microbial overgrowth and foreign body entry, supported by factors such as temperature, pH, humidity, and cerumen with antimicrobial properties. This review combines several studies on the healthy ear canal's structure and physiology with a critical approach to the potential existence of an ear microbiome. We use a comparative multi-species approach to explore how allergic conditions alter the ear canal microenvironment and cerumen in different mammalian species, promoting pathogen colonization. We propose a pathogenetic model in which allergic conditions disrupt the antimicrobial environment of the EEC, creating circumstances favorable for facultative pathogenic micro-organisms like
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