Clinico-Mycological Profile of Dermatophytoses at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Central India
Background: Dermatophytosis is a disease of hair, nails, and stratum corneum of the skin caused by dermatophytes. The prevalence of dermatophytosis in a geographical area depends on a variety of factors such as climate, personal hygiene, and individual susceptibility. The clinical importance of isol...
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| description | Background: Dermatophytosis is a disease of hair, nails, and stratum corneum of the skin caused by dermatophytes. The prevalence of dermatophytosis in a geographical area depends on a variety of factors such as climate, personal hygiene, and individual susceptibility. The clinical importance of isolating and identifying dermatophytes is to start appropriate treatment & to detect probable infection sources. Also, identification is important for prognostic consideration.
Objectives: Our study aims to know the clinico-mycological profile in suspected cases of dermatophytosis.
Patients and Methods: A total of 110 suspected cases of dermatophytoses that were diagnosed clinically by a dermatologist were included in this study. Specimen of skin scrapings, hairs & nail clippings wherever appropriate were collected from these patients. Specimens collected were subjected to standard mycological procedures.
Results: In our study, the most common age group affected was 21-30 years (31.82%). The majority of the cases were from the lower middle class (38%). The commonest clinical type was Tinea corporis (48%). In 72.73% of cases, we were able to detect fungi either by direct microscopy and/or culture. Out of 62 culture isolates, T.rubrum was found to be the commonest (59.7%), followed by T.mentagrophytes (24.2%), E.floccosum (6.5%), T.tonsurans (3.2%), M. gypseum (3.2%) and one isolate each of M. audouinii and M. canis.
Conclusion: With proper techniques, various species of dermatophytes can be identified. But conventional methods are time-consuming and a week to a month is required for identification to species level. So the development of rapid molecular techniques is the need of the hour. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-77966feebfd1443d83d79d27d6d11c132022-12-22T03:36:07ZengSouth Valley University, Faculty of MedicineSVU - International Journal of Medical Sciences2735-427X2636-34022022-07-0152216227https://dx.doi.org/10.21608/svuijm.2022.129549.1297Clinico-Mycological Profile of Dermatophytoses at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Central IndiaGaurav Saxena0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7685-6978Kalpana Sadawarte1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0630-3638 Prafulla Songara2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7080-0711Abhishek Mehta *3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3682-7600Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh), India.Department of Microbiology, People’s college of Medical sciences & research centre , Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), India.Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh), India.Department of Microbiology, Govt. Medical College, Datia Aman colony, NH#75, Datia (Madhya Pradesh)- 475661, India.Background: Dermatophytosis is a disease of hair, nails, and stratum corneum of the skin caused by dermatophytes. The prevalence of dermatophytosis in a geographical area depends on a variety of factors such as climate, personal hygiene, and individual susceptibility. The clinical importance of isolating and identifying dermatophytes is to start appropriate treatment & to detect probable infection sources. Also, identification is important for prognostic consideration. Objectives: Our study aims to know the clinico-mycological profile in suspected cases of dermatophytosis. Patients and Methods: A total of 110 suspected cases of dermatophytoses that were diagnosed clinically by a dermatologist were included in this study. Specimen of skin scrapings, hairs & nail clippings wherever appropriate were collected from these patients. Specimens collected were subjected to standard mycological procedures. Results: In our study, the most common age group affected was 21-30 years (31.82%). The majority of the cases were from the lower middle class (38%). The commonest clinical type was Tinea corporis (48%). In 72.73% of cases, we were able to detect fungi either by direct microscopy and/or culture. Out of 62 culture isolates, T.rubrum was found to be the commonest (59.7%), followed by T.mentagrophytes (24.2%), E.floccosum (6.5%), T.tonsurans (3.2%), M. gypseum (3.2%) and one isolate each of M. audouinii and M. canis. Conclusion: With proper techniques, various species of dermatophytes can be identified. But conventional methods are time-consuming and a week to a month is required for identification to species level. So the development of rapid molecular techniques is the need of the hour.https://svuijm.journals.ekb.eg/article_232609.htmldermatophytes; dermatophytoses; tinea; trichophyton; koh wet mount; microscopy; fungal culture |
| spellingShingle | Gaurav Saxena Kalpana Sadawarte Prafulla Songara Abhishek Mehta * Clinico-Mycological Profile of Dermatophytoses at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Central India SVU - International Journal of Medical Sciences dermatophytes; dermatophytoses; tinea; trichophyton; koh wet mount; microscopy; fungal culture |
| title | Clinico-Mycological Profile of Dermatophytoses at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Central India |
| title_full | Clinico-Mycological Profile of Dermatophytoses at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Central India |
| title_fullStr | Clinico-Mycological Profile of Dermatophytoses at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Central India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinico-Mycological Profile of Dermatophytoses at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Central India |
| title_short | Clinico-Mycological Profile of Dermatophytoses at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Central India |
| title_sort | clinico mycological profile of dermatophytoses at a tertiary care teaching hospital of central india |
| topic | dermatophytes; dermatophytoses; tinea; trichophyton; koh wet mount; microscopy; fungal culture |
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