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Dermatophytosis: Prevalence of Dermatophytes and Non-Dermatophyte Fungi from Patients Attending Arsho Advanced Medical Laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Author
Source
Dermatology Research and Practice
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-10-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Dermatophytosis is a disease of major public health problem around the globe causing a considerable morbidity.
Objective.
To study the prevalence of dermatophytosis and the spectrum of fungi implicated in causing the infection.
Methods.
Nail, skin, and scalp scrapings were collected from 318 patients and were used for microscopy and culture study.
Fungal pathogens were identified by studying the macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of their colonies.
Result.
Tinea capitis was the predominant clinical manifestation consisting of 48.1% of the cases.
Among 153 patients with tinea capitis, 73.2% were in the age group of 1-14 years.
Of 318 study participants, 213 (67.98%) were found to be positive for dermatophytosis microbiologically.
Out of 164 fungal isolates, 86 were dermatophytes and 78 were non-dermatophyte fungi.
Among 86 dermatophytes, T.
violaceum represented 38.4% of dermatophyte isolates and 89.7% of the isolates were recovered from tinea capitis.
Of 76 non-dermatophyte molds, Aspergillus spp., Scytalidium dimidiatum, and Cladosporium spp.
were the most common isolates, respectively.
Conclusions.
Failure to detect or isolate fungal pathogens in a large number of clinical samples revealed the limitation of clinical diagnosis in differentiating dermatophytosis from other skin infections demonstrating that clinical diagnosis should be coupled with laboratory methods.
Recovery of large number of non-dermatophyte fungi along with dermatophytes in our study showed that non-dermatophyte fungi are emerging as important causes of dermatophytosis, warranting the implementation of intensive epidemiological studies of dermatophytosis across the country.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bitew, Adane. 2018. Dermatophytosis: Prevalence of Dermatophytes and Non-Dermatophyte Fungi from Patients Attending Arsho Advanced Medical Laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Dermatology Research and Practice،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1153927
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bitew, Adane. Dermatophytosis: Prevalence of Dermatophytes and Non-Dermatophyte Fungi from Patients Attending Arsho Advanced Medical Laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Dermatology Research and Practice No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1153927
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bitew, Adane. Dermatophytosis: Prevalence of Dermatophytes and Non-Dermatophyte Fungi from Patients Attending Arsho Advanced Medical Laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Dermatology Research and Practice. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1153927
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1153927