Outbreak of acute bovine dermatophytosis in a large scale dairy herd in Arusha region of Tanzania is described. Clinical history of the condition complimented with detailed examination of the affected animals (33.3%, 14/42) revealed that animals were pastured during the day and padlocked at night. The main clinical signs presented were gray-white, discrete, crusty, circumscribed extensive lesio...

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 ...

this study was conducted for detection of common superficial and cutaneous mycoses in nurseries and schools of mahallat during september 1989 to june 1990. a total of 9884 individuals (under 18 years of age) were both clinically observed and tested by laboratory. 5.6% were positive to mycotic infections and from those the rate of infection for pityrosporosis, tinea versicolor and dermatophytosi...

Background: Dermatophytes are a group of closely related fungi that invade keratinized tissues (skin, hair and nails) of humans and animals and produce infections called dermatophytosis. Our objective was to determine causative agents of dermatophytosis in Gorgan, North of Iran. Methods: Data was based on collecting specimens from 1108 patients clinically suspected to have fungal infection duri...