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ArticleCureus2026

Necrotizing Otitis Externa Due to Scedosporium sp.: A Case Report.

Chaimaa Boujloud, Zakaria Essamhi, Adil Maleb, Azzedine Lachkar, Aziza Hami

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Chaimaa BoujloudLaboratory of Parasitology and Mycology, Central Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI, Oujda, MAR.
Zakaria EssamhiDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI, Oujda, MAR.
Adil MalebLaboratory of Microbiology, Central Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI, Oujda, MAR.
Azzedine LachkarDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI, Oujda, MAR.
Aziza HamiLaboratory of Parasitology and Mycology, Central Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI, Oujda, MAR.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Necrotizing otitis externa (NOE) is a severe and potentially life-threatening infection of the external auditory canal, particularly affecting elderly diabetic or immunocompromised patients.

Indexed as

fungal infectionmycological diagnosisnecrotizing otitis externascedosporium spvoriconazole

Identifiers

PMID42605447
PMCPMC13477736

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