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DOID:10518 - beach ear
Disease Ontology Definition:An otitis externa which is a microbial infection that occurs suddenly, rapidly worsens, and becomes very painful and alarming. It is caused by swimming in polluted water, scratching the ear or inside the ear and object stuck in the ear. It is occasionally associated with middle ear infection or upper respiratory infections such as colds.
Synonyms: Tank ear, acute bacterial inflammation of external ear (disorder), acute otitis externa, diffuse, acute swimmer's ear, acute swimmer's ear (disorder), acute swimmers' ear,
Echinobase Genes :
Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD
Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
Parent(s):
otitis externa (is_a)