Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

DIVERSITY OF DERMATOPHYTIC FUNGI ISOLATED FROM PATIENTS

P. Abirami

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Dermatophytes are fungi that can cause infections of the skin, hair and nails, in part because of their ability to utilize keratin. The cutaneous infections they cause (also called tinea) are among the most common infections in humans worldwide. In the USA, 10% of the population has cutaneous fungal infections at any given time, and at least 40% will acquire this skin condition at some time in their life. The World Health Organization estimates global prevalence of dermatomycoses to be approaching 20%. The dermatophytes include three genera of molds in the class Euascomycetes: Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton. In the present investigation totally 41 fungal species belonging to 20 genera (Deuteromycetes –16 genus and 32 species, Phycomycetes – 4 genus and 9 species) were identified from the dermatophytic patients at Rajamirasudhar Government Hospital, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, during August 2006 – July 2008. In general, among the 20 genera recorded, the genus Aspergillus (10 species) was dominant genera followed by Mucor (4 species), Penicillium, Fusarium, Rhizopus and Trichophyton (3 species each) and Microsporum (2 species). Microsporum gypseum and Trichophyton ruum were the common one, which showed 100% frequency in two years study period.

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DIVERSITY OF DERMATOPHYTIC FUNGI ISOLATED FROM PATIENTS, P.Abirami INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-8 | August-2019

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