Comparision of Dermatophytosis among Psoriasis and Non-Psoriasis Group
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 8
Abstract
The dermatophytes are a group of closely related fungi that have the capacity to invade keratinized tissue (skin, hair, and nails) of humans and other animals to produce an infection1, Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease caused by rapid growth of skin cells. There are suggestions that dystrophic nails in psoriatic patients lose their natural preventing barrier and therefore are more predisposed to fungal infections2. It is therefore important to clarify how frequent mycosis occurs in psoriasis patients3. The study group included 150 clinically suspected cases of Dermatophytosis in psoriatic and non-psoriatic patients attending Osmania general hospital, Hyderabad during March 2015-August 2015. Out of the total 75 Dermatophytosis cases of non-psoriatic group 46(61.33%) were positive for both KOH and culture and Of the 75 psoriatic group16 (21.3%) were positive for both KOH and culture Trichophyton tonsurans was the commonest isolate 28/53 (52.9%). The difference found in the psoriasis vs. the control groups was significant. Hence the present study supports the hypothesis of Reza Yaqoobi4 that the Infection involving prevalence of Dermatophytosis in normal population is higher than the patients with psoriasis.
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Dr. Haseeba Tanveer, Dr. S. Jayaprakash
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