<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . "A Comparative Analysis of Bacterial Growth with Earphone Use"^^ . "Background: Recently the worldwide usage of earphones has increased especially among the school and college students who have a high rate of sharing among them. Alike airline headsets, headphones and stethoscope ear-pieces, ear phones can easily be a vector of potential pathogens, which can give rise to otitis externa. Purpose: To compare the bacterial growth of the external ear in association with earphone and assess the role of earphones as vector or microorganisms. Material and Methods: 50 voluntary male subjects (age 18-25 years) were chosen and divided into two groups, A and B, according to the use of earphones. Swabs were taken from their left ear and the left earpiece of the earphone. Samples were processed as recommended. Results: In group A, bacteria were found in 20 (80%) ear and 14 (56%) earphone swabs. In group B, bacteria were found in 23 (92%) ear and 17 (68%) earphone swabs. Group B showed heavy growth and a significant increase in the number of bacterial growths after frequent and constant use. Conclusion: Frequent and constant use of earphones increases the bacterial growth in the ear and sharing of earphones might be a potential vector of commensals. It is therefore, always better not to share or else to clean the earphones before sharing"^^ . "2008-07-21" . . "7" . "2" . . "Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya"^^ . . . "Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Soham"^^ . "Basak"^^ . "Soham Basak"^^ . . "Indira"^^ . "Bairy"^^ . "Indira Bairy"^^ . . "Kiran"^^ . "Chawla"^^ . "Kiran Chawla"^^ . . "Srinivas"^^ . "Kakkilaya"^^ . "Srinivas Kakkilaya"^^ . . "Soham"^^ . "Gupta"^^ . "Soham Gupta"^^ . . "Chiranjay"^^ . "Mukhopadhyay"^^ . "Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay"^^ . . . . . . "A Comparative Analysis of Bacterial Growth with Earphone Use (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . . "2008-2-4.pdf"^^ . . . "A Comparative Analysis of Bacterial Growth with Earphone Use (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "A Comparative Analysis of Bacterial Growth with Earphone Use (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #6200 \n\nA Comparative Analysis of Bacterial Growth with Earphone Use\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences" . .