Isolation and identification of fungi Cause inflammation chronic sinusitis

Abstract

The research includes isolation and identification fungi cause inflammation chronic sinusitis. Specimen were collected from out patients of Tikrit hospital with ages,ranged between(10-60)year. Specimen were cultivated on culture media and the growing colonies were identified using morphological characteristic,microscopic picture and biochemical test.The results showed that the rate of fungal infection was 60% the fungal pencillium spp was the highes with rate(33.33)% followed by Aspergillus niger with percentage (23.33)% then Apergillus fumigatus With percentage (20)% followed by Sporothrix schenkii with percentage (13.34)% and lastly Candidia albicans was isolated with percentage (10)%. The results showed that the highest rateof fungal infection by inflammationchronic sinusitis was with 10-19 year with percentage(53.34)% followed ages (20-29), (40-49) yaer with percentage (16.67). and lastly ages (30-39), (>50) with percentage(6.67).