Isolation of dermatophytes species from patients with different types of leukemia in Baghdad governorate

Abstract EN

The study is concern on determine the type of dermatophytes species in leukemia patients that were infected with dermatophytoses as a result to their immune suppression (weekend immune system) due to their submission to radiation and chemotherapy treatment.

The result showed that the most common isolates were Microsporum canis 7 isolates which represent (33.33 %) of cases, then followed by Trichophyton rubrum 5 isolates which represent (23.8 %), while the less common isolates were for Microsporum ferrunginum, Trichophyton saudance and Trichophyton tonsurance 2 isolates which represent (9.52 %), respectively.