TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Mohamed Farahat AU - Ahmed Shawky Mohamed , AU - Mahmoud Elsayed Elfouly , AU - Mohamed Abdelrahman Hegazy , TI - Detection of fungus and bacteria in nasopharyngeal secretion and effusion associated with serous otitis media / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Mohamed Farahat , KW - AOM KW - Nasopharyngeal KW - SOM N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of E.N.T; Issued also as CD N2 - Various host factors and infectious agents have been implicated in the genesis of AOM and SOM. Host factors include anatomical or physiological eustachian tube dysfunction, retrograde movement of organisms from the nasopharynx, allergy, and exposure to environmental irritants, and ciliary dysfunction. Bacterial and viral organisms are recognized as a common cause of otitis media UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -