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- Title
Prevalence and Incidence of Dermatophytosis in Al-Diwaniya City, Iraq.
- Authors
Ali Al-garawyi, Abeer Mohammed; Al-Hamadani, Adnan H.; AL- Bederi, Adnan waheed
- Abstract
The present study carried out in Al-Diwaniya city, 71clinical specimens were taken from the patients with dermatophytosis. The age of patients were between (1-50) years, real positive cultural examinations were 49(69%), whereas negative cultural examinations were 22 (31 %) . The occurrence of dermatophyte fungi were higher in females than males, depending on the gender, as for the age groups, the infection was higher in the age group 31-40 and 41-50 years followed by the age group ≤ 11 years, whereas the lowest infection was among the age group 21-30 and 12-20 years. Also, the result of this study showed that 37(52.11%) patients were housewives, 20 (28.16%) students, 7(9.85%) office employees, 7(9.85%) hospital workers. Out of 49 patients 25(51.0 %) cases were Tinea pedis, followed by Tinea cruris15(30.6%), Tinea capitis 5(10.2%), and 4(8.2%) Tinea unguium. The result of this study also showed that 31(63.3%) isolates were T. rubrum, 11( 22.4%) T. mentagrophytes, E. floccosum and M. canis isolates were found 2(4.1%) and 5(10.2%) respectively.
- Publication
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 2021, Vol 15, Issue 2, p1813
- ISSN
0973-9122
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.14602