Table 2.

Summary of isolated organisms from ear discharge of patients

Isolated organism	Frequency (Grand total=322)	Percentage
Gram Negative organisms	220	68.3
Gram positive organisms	89	27.6
Fungi	13	4.0
Total	322	100
Enterobacteria
Proteus spp	32	35.6
Escherichia coli	13	14.4
Providencia spp	6	6.7
Klebsiella spp	5	5.6
Citrobacter spp	22	24.4
Serratia spp	2	2.2
Enterobacter spp	9	10
Morganella spp	1	1.1
Total	90	100
Gram positive organisms
Streptococcus spp Streptococcus pneumoniae	2 3	2.2 3.4
Enterococcus spp	1	1.1
Staphylococcus epidermidis	50	56.2
Staphylococcus aureus	33	37.1
Total	89	100
Fungi
Candida spp Aspergillus spp	9 4	69.2 30.8
Total	13	100
Non-Fermentative bacteria
Acinetobacter spp	9	6.9
Pseudomonas spp	58	44.6
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	63	48.5
Total	130	100

^*Acinetobacter spp and Staphylococcus epidermidis were deemed contaminants