Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Spectrum of Fungi in Patients with Onychomycosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Prospective Study
المؤلفون المشاركون
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2019، العدد 2019 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2019)، ص ص. 1-6، 6ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2019-06-04
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
6
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background.
Onychomycosis is a common refractory infection deleteriously affecting quality of life via social stigma and upsetting day-to-day activities.
Objective.
To study the prevalence of onychomycosis, spectrum of fungal etiological agents, and associated risk factors.
Methods.
A prospective nonrandomized study on the prevalence of onychomycosis was carried out from September 2017 to April 2018 at a dermatology center in Addis Ababa.
Nail scrapings were collected from 303 patients clinically identified with nail disorders of fungal origin by dermatologists.
Fungal etiological agents were identified microscopically and by culture method following standard procedures.
Results.
The prevalence of onychomycosis was 60.4%.
Fungi neither were detected nor showed visible fungal growth in 39.6% of the cases.
Females were more likely to present dystrophic nails than men.
Patients in the middle age group were more affected.
The isolation rates of dermatophytes, yeasts, and nondermatophyte molds were 44.7%, 33.3%, and 32.3%, respectively.
Trichophyton rubrum, Scytalidium dimidiatum, and Candida albicans were the dominant species of dermatophytes, nondermatophyte molds, and yeasts, respectively.
There was no statistically significant association between onychomycosis and risk factors.
Conclusions.
The prevalence rate of onychomycosis in the present study was high.
The isolation rate of nondermatophyte molds was comparable with that of dermatophytes.
Further studies on the prevalence of onychomycosis, fungal etiological agents, and changes in species distribution of the etiological agents of nail infection in Ethiopia are important.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Bitew, Adane& Wolde, Sinknesh. 2019. Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Spectrum of Fungi in Patients with Onychomycosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Prospective Study. Journal of Tropical Medicine،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1192319
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Bitew, Adane& Wolde, Sinknesh. Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Spectrum of Fungi in Patients with Onychomycosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Prospective Study. Journal of Tropical Medicine No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1192319
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Bitew, Adane& Wolde, Sinknesh. Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Spectrum of Fungi in Patients with Onychomycosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Prospective Study. Journal of Tropical Medicine. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1192319
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1192319
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر