BACKGROUND Onychomycosis is a nail disorder associated with aesthetic problems, discomfort, physical injury and loss of dexterity. The purpose of the present study was to isolate and identify the causative fungi of onychomycosis in 2402 patients in Kermanshah Province, western Iran in 1994 to 2010. METHODS Mycologic assessment was carried out by standard methods including either microscopic o...

Millions of superficial fungal infections are annually observed in humans and animals. The majority of these mycoses are caused by dermatophytes, a specialized group of filamentous fungi that exclusively infect keratinized host structures. Despite the high prevalence of the disease, dermatophytosis, little is known about the pathogenicity mechanisms of these microorganisms. This drawback may be...

OBJECTIVE To determine the epidemiology of dermatophytosis in Palestinian patients, detect changes in the etiological agents during the last three decades, and to correlate between concomitant tinea pedis infections, and other cutaneous lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS 220 suspected dermatophytosis patients were involved in this study. In an additional 38 cases, where consultation was prompted ...

The percentage of positivity of combined PAS and culture was 79 (56%) and combined KOH and culture was 64 (45.4%), (Table 2). Comparing PAS test alone as an alternative method of diagnosis to combined KOH and culture (for both culture positive and culture negative cases) showed an overall sensitivity of 60.9% and specificity of 80.3%. When applied specifically to dermatophyte culture positive c...

one of the problems of public health in iran is mycotic inflection which its incidence is not known. the most important disease of them is dermatophytosis. in this regard, determination of various species of etiologic agent, infection source, the risk of contact to animals, and public training are necessary to perform epidemiologic studies. in this research 750 suspected samples (including 560 ...

©2000 Revista Iberoamericana de Micología Apdo. 699, E-48080 Bilbao (Spain) Dermatophytes are cited among the most frequent causes of dermatological problems in domestic animals. The superficial mycoses caused by dermatophytes are called dermatophytosis, and they are commonly referred to as ringworm or tinea. In general, dermatophytes do not invade subcutaneous or deep tissues, but pseudotumora...

Background: A mycotic infection can result in a variety of human disorders. They are widespread around the world, but more common tropical nations like India where temperature and humidity conducive to their persistence activity. Purpose: The present study were determines incidence tinea infections dermatophytes Wasit Province, Iraq. Result: total 125 scraping samples with collected. About 50\1...