Mycological study on skin diseases in Taiz City,Yemen | ||
| Journal of Environmental Studies | ||
| Article 5, Volume 15, Issue 1, December 2016, Pages 59-66 PDF (135.34 K) | ||
| Document Type: High quality original papers | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesj.2016.200130 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sallam A. M. H.* 1; Maysoon Alzubariy2; Gamal A. A. Ameri1 | ||
| 1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Taiz University, Yemen. | ||
| 2Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Sana'a University, Yemen. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In this study, the dermatophytic infections in patients referred to Department of Dermatology, AL-Gotham Hospital, Taiz, during May 2013 to May 2014 were examined. The direct microscopic examination was positive in 67.3 % of the cases.Tinea capitis was the commonest fungal disease (48 cases out of 150) followed by tinea versicolor (46) and tinea corporis (38). Males were more affected by these diseases than females. The majority of tinea capitis (85.42%) and tinea corporis (47.4 %) was in the age group of 1 to 15 years. Culturing of specimens yielded 10 fungal species and the common dermatophytes were Trichophyton violaceum and Microsporum canis. Candida spp. (including C. albicans) were associated with 46.2 % of tinea pedis. The prevalence of various superficial mycotic infections in this study seemed to be associated with socioeconomic, sanitary and hygienic conditions in Taiz that are generally poor and substandard. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Dermatophytes; fungal infection; Tinea; Yemen | ||
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