Background: Dermatophytosis was a fungal infection caused by molds (dermatophytes). Dermatophytes are group of closely related filamentous fungi able to damage and utilize keratin found in the skin, hair, nails. Objective: To isolate species which cause resistant dermatophytosis, clinical types tinea, as well assess response different antifungal therapies.
 Patients Methods: Ninety-two pat...

Since stock cultures of organisms that have been passaged many times in the laboratory may undergo changes in their pathogenicity, concern was expressed as to whether antimicrobial sensitivity tests performed in vitro accurately reflect the clinical responses one might expect in treating patients. Dr. Feeley believed that various strains of the Lyme disease spirochete are stable in vitro, but c...