Volume : V, Issue : II, February - 2016

Dermatomycological profile of patients in a tertiary care hospital of western Maharashtra.

Nidhi Sharma, Abhishek Sharma

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 Objective– To find the prevalence of dermatophytes and nondematophytes in cases of clinically diagnosed superficial mycoses Material and mathods–The study was conducted on the patients attending OPD of Skin and Venereology department for various dermatological complaints. It is an observational study. A total of 200 samples of skin, hair and nail were taken from patients clinically diagnosed as superficial mycoses. Results– There were 200 clinically diagnosed cases of superficial mycoses of which male were 138 (69%) and female were 62(31%).Commonest age group affected was 21–30 years (50%) followed by 31–40 years (28.5%). Among 200 cases, 20(10%) patients were diabetic. Conclusion– Our study emphasizes the need of knowing the prevalence of various fungal species causing superficial mycoses in an area so as to treat accordingly and to study the role of non dermatophytes along with dermatophytes in the pathogenesis of superficial mycoses and not merely discarding them as contaminants.

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Nidhi Sharma, Abhishek Sharma Dermatomycological Profile of Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Maharashtra. International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 5, Issue : 2 February 2016

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