Prevalence of Dermatophytes in skin, hair and nail at tertiary care hospital at Ahmdeabad

摘要

Introduction Dermatophytosis is common worldwide and continues to increase.. Aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of various etiological agents of dermatophytosis in skin outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital, Ahmedabad Methodology 125 cases of clinically diagnosed superficial dermatophytic infection were enrolled in this study. Skin scraping, hair plucking and nail clipping were taken for direct KOH mount and culture on Sabouroud?￥ s dextrose agar with and without antibiotics and Dermatophyte test medium with supplements. Results T. corporis was the predominat clinical manifestation accounting for 32% of the cases. This study comprising 92 males (73.6%) and 33 females (26.4%) with male to female ratio being 2.78:1. The commonest age group involved was 21-30 years (28%) followed by 11-20years (17.6%). T. rubrum (60.71%) was the commonest isolate followed by T.mentagrophyte(23.80%). The KOH positivity rate is 73.6% and culture positivity rate is 67.2%. Conclusion Further intensive epidemiological studies of Dermatophytic infection which have public health importance are needed.