A study on Tinea Capitis and its etiological agents in patients attending the Dermatology Out Patient Department in a tertiary care hospital in Eastern India.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 12
Abstract
Tinea capitis is one of the commonest forms of superficial mycosis that we come across in the dermatology OPD, though the etiology of the disease is not regularly documented. Here among 72 clinically diagnosed cases of tinea capitis, the age group mostly affected was found to be between 0-10 years (58.3%). After direct microscopy it was found that 60 (83.3%) were positively showing presence of filamentous fungi under KOH mount in direct microscopy. The number of samples showing ectothrix type of infection was higher (70%) than the samples showing endothrix type of infection (23.3%). Among the 72 cases, 48 (66.6%) cases were culture positive for dermatophytes. The rest were either showing no growth after 45 days of incubation (27.8%), or found to have growth of other non dermatophytic fungi like Aspergillus spp. (4.2%) or Fusarium spp. (1.6%). The Male: Female ratio among culture positive cases was 1.25:1. Though the culture of dermatophytes showed predominance of Trichophyton (66.7%) among the isolates over Microsporum (33.3%), but the commonest dermatophyte isolated was M. gypseum in 16 (33.3%) cases followed by T. rubrum in 12 (25%) cases along with other Trichophyton species. Though Trichophyton species is the commonest etiological agent of tinea capitis, Microsporum species is catching up quite fast in this respect. Early diagnosis and prolonged treatment along with proper surveillance can bring down the burden of the disease in our community.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Debopriyo Samaddar, Dr Angshuman De, Dr. Swagata Pal
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