Isolation and identification of fungus associated with skin and nail scalps of patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital
Background and Objectives: Ringworm of the scalp is starting at now a disease of overall criticalness and a general prosperity teaching care hospitals. It is otherwise known as dermatophytes, which attack and create on dead animal keratin. This assessment was intended to recognize the regular dermat...
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| author | Kaniska Uthansingh Manoj Kumar Sahu Nagen Kumar Debata Debasmita Behera Kirtika Panda Mahesh Chandra Sahu |
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| description | Background and Objectives: Ringworm of the scalp is starting at now a disease of overall criticalness and a general prosperity teaching care hospitals. It is otherwise known as dermatophytes, which attack and create on dead animal keratin. This assessment was intended to recognize the regular dermatophyte causing parasitic infection with both minute just as social strategies. Materials and Methods: This is a Prospective study which was carried out for the period 1 year and included the patients with tinea cruris and tinea corporis, tinea unguium, tinea pedis, and tinea barbae which are seen in the patients between 6 to 70 years of age. Dermatophytes were confirmed with microscopic examination of skin and nail tests taken from the influenced lesion of the body. Both cotton blue and potassium hydroxide grouping of 10%– 30% were utilized to see under magnifying micrioscope. All information were broken down with SPPS 20 programming. Results: Out of 78 patients, the recurrence of ringworm infection among those patients attending in the department of Skin and VD, IMS and SUM Hospital was Trichophyton rubrum (73%), Trichophyton mentagrophytes (53%), Epidermophyton floccosum (26.82%), and Trichophyton verrucosum (7.31%). T. rubrum was the most widely recognized etiological fungus in tinea corporis, and this positioned first in the other type of ringworm infection. Recurrence of dermatophytes infection partner with various clinical examples; for example, nail pieces and skin swabs from the infected area. Conclusions: The greater part of the tinea corporis patients were infected with T. rubrum then comes the disease of Trichophyton violaceum, Trichophyton tonsurans, and T. mentagrophytes. The most astounding recurrence of disease was among the patients matured 20– 30 years. It is additionally essentially noticed that this infection takes a somewhat serious turn in patients of cutting edge in older age (60– 80 years). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9cc2059ebd014c8c8ec4c2a57ac8944c2025-08-20T01:59:48ZengSAGE PublishingApollo Medicine0976-00162213-36822019-01-01161162110.4103/am.am_80_18Isolation and identification of fungus associated with skin and nail scalps of patients in a tertiary care teaching hospitalKaniska UthansinghManoj Kumar SahuNagen Kumar DebataDebasmita BeheraKirtika PandaMahesh Chandra SahuBackground and Objectives: Ringworm of the scalp is starting at now a disease of overall criticalness and a general prosperity teaching care hospitals. It is otherwise known as dermatophytes, which attack and create on dead animal keratin. This assessment was intended to recognize the regular dermatophyte causing parasitic infection with both minute just as social strategies. Materials and Methods: This is a Prospective study which was carried out for the period 1 year and included the patients with tinea cruris and tinea corporis, tinea unguium, tinea pedis, and tinea barbae which are seen in the patients between 6 to 70 years of age. Dermatophytes were confirmed with microscopic examination of skin and nail tests taken from the influenced lesion of the body. Both cotton blue and potassium hydroxide grouping of 10%– 30% were utilized to see under magnifying micrioscope. All information were broken down with SPPS 20 programming. Results: Out of 78 patients, the recurrence of ringworm infection among those patients attending in the department of Skin and VD, IMS and SUM Hospital was Trichophyton rubrum (73%), Trichophyton mentagrophytes (53%), Epidermophyton floccosum (26.82%), and Trichophyton verrucosum (7.31%). T. rubrum was the most widely recognized etiological fungus in tinea corporis, and this positioned first in the other type of ringworm infection. Recurrence of dermatophytes infection partner with various clinical examples; for example, nail pieces and skin swabs from the infected area. Conclusions: The greater part of the tinea corporis patients were infected with T. rubrum then comes the disease of Trichophyton violaceum, Trichophyton tonsurans, and T. mentagrophytes. The most astounding recurrence of disease was among the patients matured 20– 30 years. It is additionally essentially noticed that this infection takes a somewhat serious turn in patients of cutting edge in older age (60– 80 years).http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2019;volume=16;issue=1;spage=16;epage=21;aulast=Uthansinghdermatophyteslactophenol cotton bluepotassium hydroxidepotato dextrose agarsabouraud dextrose agar |
| spellingShingle | Kaniska Uthansingh Manoj Kumar Sahu Nagen Kumar Debata Debasmita Behera Kirtika Panda Mahesh Chandra Sahu Isolation and identification of fungus associated with skin and nail scalps of patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital Apollo Medicine dermatophytes lactophenol cotton blue potassium hydroxide potato dextrose agar sabouraud dextrose agar |
| title | Isolation and identification of fungus associated with skin and nail scalps of patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital |
| title_full | Isolation and identification of fungus associated with skin and nail scalps of patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital |
| title_fullStr | Isolation and identification of fungus associated with skin and nail scalps of patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital |
| title_full_unstemmed | Isolation and identification of fungus associated with skin and nail scalps of patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital |
| title_short | Isolation and identification of fungus associated with skin and nail scalps of patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital |
| title_sort | isolation and identification of fungus associated with skin and nail scalps of patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital |
| topic | dermatophytes lactophenol cotton blue potassium hydroxide potato dextrose agar sabouraud dextrose agar |
| url | http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2019;volume=16;issue=1;spage=16;epage=21;aulast=Uthansingh |
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