Clinicopathological study of otomycosis in a tertiary hospital in South-west Nigeria.

Background: Otomycosis is common in environments with hot, humid weather, and it may be challenging to manage.

Objectives: To profile common clinical presentations, the pathogenic fungi, the treatment modalities with responses, and explore clinical factors associated with having positive fungal culture in Otomycosis.

Methods: Retrospective review of patients with Otomycosis.

Vaginal Candida infection in pregnancy and its implications for fetal well-being.

Vaginal Candida infection is one of the most common genital tract infections reported in pregnant women. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of vaginal Candida infection and pattern of Candida species isolates in the genital tract of pregnant women during antenatal period and in early labour; and the associated fetal outcome. The study was conducted at the antenatal clinic and labor ward of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria.

Bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy and early labour using Nugent scoring and the implication on foetal outcome.

Background: To compare the pattern of vaginal microflora during pregnancy with pattern in early labour using Nugent scoring and determine the effect of these changes on fetal outcome.

Design: A prospective longitudinal study.

Setting And Population: Pregnant women attending antenatal clinics of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria between June 2017 and May 2018.

Open burn wound dressing: a practical option in resource constrained settings.

Various types of wound care products abound for the treatment of burn injuries. Most of these products are rather expensive and beyond the means of many patients in poorer countries. This poses a challenge to burn care workers in these environments and calls for the adoption of practical solutions with the use of less expensive and readily available alternatives.