To study the species profile in Dermatomycoses  patients in a tertiary care  hospital of Western Maharashtra.

Nidhi Sharma; Abhishek Sharma

Volume : V, Issue : II, February - 2016

To study the species profile in Dermatomycoses patients in a tertiary care hospital of Western Maharashtra.

Nidhi Sharma, Abhishek Sharma

Abstract :

 Objective– To isolate and identify species of causative fungi in cases of dermatomycosis. Material and mathods–.. A total of 200 samples of skin, hair and nail were taken from patients clinically diagnosed as superficial mycoses.species identification was done using standard techniques. It is an observational study Results– There were 200 clinically diagnosed cases of superficial mycoses .Out of 100 culture positive ,75 were dematophyte and 25 were non dermatophyte . The commonest species among dermatophytes being T. Ruum (40%).The commonest species among non dermatophyte was C. albicans(40%) . Conclusion– Our study emphasizes the need of knowing 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.