Clinico-Mycological Profile of Dermatophytoses at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Central India | ||||
| SVU-International Journal of Medical Sciences | ||||
| Article 22, Volume 5, Issue 2, July 2022, Page 216-227 PDF (513.9 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original research articles | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/svuijm.2022.129549.1297 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Gaurav Saxena 1; Kalpana Sadawarte 2; Prafulla Songara 1; Abhishek Mehta  3
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| 1Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh), India. | ||||
| 2Department of Microbiology, People’s college of Medical sciences & research centre , Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), India. | ||||
| 3Department of Microbiology, Govt. Medical College, Datia Aman colony, NH#75, Datia (Madhya Pradesh)- 475661, India. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Dermatophytosis is a disease of hair, nails, and stratum corneum of the skin caused by dermatophytes. The prevalence of dermatophytosis in a geographical area depends on a variety of factors such as climate, personal hygiene, and individual susceptibility. The clinical importance of isolating and identifying dermatophytes is to start appropriate treatment & to detect probable infection sources. Also, identification is important for prognostic consideration. Objectives: Our study aims to know the clinico-mycological profile in suspected cases of dermatophytosis. Patients and Methods: A total of 110 suspected cases of dermatophytoses that were diagnosed clinically by a dermatologist were included in this study. Specimen of skin scrapings, hairs & nail clippings wherever appropriate were collected from these patients. Specimens collected were subjected to standard mycological procedures. Results: In our study, the most common age group affected was 21-30 years (31.82%). The majority of the cases were from the lower middle class (38%). The commonest clinical type was Tinea corporis (48%). In 72.73% of cases, we were able to detect fungi either by direct microscopy and/or culture. Out of 62 culture isolates, T.rubrum was found to be the commonest (59.7%), followed by T.mentagrophytes (24.2%), E.floccosum (6.5%), T.tonsurans (3.2%), M. gypseum (3.2%) and one isolate each of M. audouinii and M. canis. Conclusion: With proper techniques, various species of dermatophytes can be identified. But conventional methods are time-consuming and a week to a month is required for identification to species level. So the development of rapid molecular techniques is the need of the hour. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Dermatophytes; Dermatophytoses; Tinea; Trichophyton; KOH wet mount; Microscopy; Fungal culture | ||||
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