Tinea pedis and onychomycosis are two rather diverse clinical manifestations of superficial fungal infections, and their etiologic agents may be dermatophytes, non-dermatophyte moulds or yeasts. This study was designed to statistically describe the data obtained as results of analysis conducted during a four year period on the frequency of Tinea pedis and onychomycosis and their etiologic agent...

INTRODUCTION Candida genus yeasts are considered superinfecting microorganisms and can lead to severe periodontal infections in immunocompromised patients or individuals under antimicrobial therapy for long periods. Under specific situations, such as in immunodepressed patients, the superinfection by Candida can be refractory to conventional periodontal treatments. In these cases, the systemic ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of superficial mycoses among psychiatric patients. DESIGN Randomised Prospective study SETTING Mathari Mental Hospital, and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi Kenya. RESULTS A study was conducted on prevalence of superficial fungal infections among psychiatric patients in Mathari Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya during the period ...

Major developments in research into the azole class of antifungal agents during the 1990s have provided expanded options for the treatment of many opportunistic and endemic fungal infections. Fluconazole and itraconazole have proved to be safer than both amphotericin B and ketoconazole. Despite these advances, serious fungal infections remain difficult to treat, and resistance to the available ...

INTRODUCTION Trichosporon species are basidiomycetous yeastlike anamorphic organisms that are widely distributed in nature and found predominantly in tropical and temperate areas. In humans, this fungal species is occasionally part of the commensal flora of skin and mucosa, and can be responsible for superficial skin and hair infections (white piedra) or, more rarely, invasive infections in imm...

OBJECTIVE To determine the underlying cause of superficial skin ulcers over a 15-year period. METHODS A retrospective histopathological analysis of 670 cases of superficial skin ulcers diagnosed in the Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria from January 1991 to December 2005. RESULTS A total of 670 superficial skin ulcers were analyzed. The male t...

Fungal and bacterial diseases, directly infecting various parts of body, have received much attention in recent years. Bacterial infections, such as Tinea Pedis, Pityriasis versicolor and Mycetoma can secondarily occur in superficial fungal damaged skin. They often occur in immune compromised individuals including diabetics and patients with peripheral arterial diseases. Mycetoma infections can...

Most important infectious diseases which pose a risk to human health and life are associated with parasites transmitted by a variety of arthropod vectors, or from animal to man. Some of these (malaria, toxoplasmosis, leishmaniosis, dirofilariosis, alveococcosis, cystic echinococcosis) still represent a serious public health problem in many regions in the world. This review describes the epidemi...

A Review of the Diagnosis and Management of Fungal Skin and Nail Infections D’Arcy Little, MD, CCFP, Lecturer and Academic Fellow, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto,Toronto, ON. SKIN DISORDERS Fungal Skin Infections Normally, the dryness and regular shedding of the skin’s keratin layer prevents microbial colonization.3 However, skin trauma, irritation or macerat...