Seventy samples from out patients seeking medical care in Al- Diwanyia teaching hospital were screened for identification of fungi associated with active chronic otitis media during June to December 2011 There were 45 (64.28%) had positive culture for fungal growth while 25 (35.71%) patients had negative culture for fungal growth. The patients from 61-70 and 71-80 years were more susceptible to fungal otitis externa than other age groups .the most common causal fungal isolates were Aspergillus niger (26.92%) followed by Candia albicans (19.24%) ,A.flavus (15.38%),A.fumigatus (11.53%),Penicillum digitatum and Cephalosporium sp (7.69%) for each one while Alternaria alternata and Rhizopus sp (5.7%) for each one .
