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 Volume 8, Issue 1 (January 2021), Pages: 114-116

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 Case Report

 Title: The first case of human otoacariasis in Cyprus

 Author(s): Hasan Safakogullari 1, Özge Özden 2, *, Wayne J. Fuller 3

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus
 2Cyprus Herbarium and Natural History Museum, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus
 3Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7938-6927

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2021.01.014

 Abstract:

Otoacariasis is the ear canal infestation by the arthropod Subclass: Acari, usually ticks or mites. It is a common complaint seen in animals. However, there are relatively few documented cases of human otoacariasis. In August 2019, a physically healthy 53-year-old Cypriot man visited Near East University hospital complaining of a blockage, partial deafness, and minor pruritis in his left ear. During the examination of the patient, a mite infestation of his left external auditory canal (EAC) was determined. The mites were removed from the EAC and sent to the laboratory for identification. The mite samples were viewed under Olympus-CX31 light microscopy and identified as Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus. The patient was treated with Permethrin (cream), Xylocaine spray, dilute acetic acid (vinegar), and three ear canal aspirations. After three days, the patient’s ear was re-examined, and the number of mites had greatly decreased within the EAC. Follow up consultations confirmed the eradication of the mite infestation. This is the first case report of human otoacariasis from Cyprus. 

 © 2020 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Ear infestation, Acari, Mites, Dermatophagoides, Medical, Cyprus

 Article History: Received 26 June 2020, Received in revised form 4 September 2020, Accepted 6 September 2020

 Acknowledgment:

The authors are grateful to Melis Temizel, who carried out microscope mounting of the specimens.

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

  Safakogullari H, Özden Ö, and Fuller WJ (2021). The first case of human otoacariasis in Cyprus. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 8(1): 114-116

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