Study of the prevalence of the superficial fungal infections of the skin
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 10
Abstract
Superficial mycoses able to spread readily though direct contact with infected people, animals, clothing, brushes, and other objects. Generally, the fungi tend to grow in moist parts of the body. The present study was done to study the prevalence of the superficial fungal infection of the skin. This study was undertaken on the patients visiting to the dermatology department of the SMBT medical college, Dhamangaon, Ghoti, Nasik, with any type of skin lesions. The study was done over a period of 1 year. A detailed case history of patient was recorded, including age, sex, duration of illness, size of the lesion, any treatment taken and site of lesion. Clinical diagnosis of the lesion was maintained. Two sample collection methods were used in this particular study: In first method, after cleaning of the affected site with isopropyl alcohol, samples consisting of infected hairs and epidermal scales were scraped from the scalp and rim of lesions using a sterile scalpel blade. The scrapings were collected on a piece of sterile brown paper. In the second method, moist cotton swabs were taken to collect pus from inflammatory lesions. Direct microscopic examination of the scrapping was done by placing on a microscope slide with one or two drop of 20% potassium hydroxide (KOH). Each scraping was also cultured into Sabouraud’s Dextrose agar. Total 139 patients were reported to the dermatology department with the complaint of skin lesion and their samples were collected. According to the positivity to the KOH mounting, most of the males (63%) were positive for the KOH and females (11%) were less positive for the KOH. Site-wise distribution of the patients had shown that, hands and legs were the most common site affected. In case of age-wise distribution of the patients, 31 to 45 years age group was the most commonly affected. Skin fungal infections are widely prevalent among the population and there is need to increase the awareness of risk factors contributing to skin fungal infections. Keywords: Fungal infections, Mycosis, Skin lesions
Authors and Affiliations
Vikrant Jadhav, Sujit Shankar Kadam
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP372076
- DOI -
- Views 55
- Downloads 0
Scientific Evaluation of the Fifteen Years of Turkish Journal of Family Practice
Aim of the study was to evaluate academically all articles published at Turkish Journal of Family Practice which is official publishing of Turkish Association of Family Physicians. The evaluation was done on basis of var...
Role of Compterized Tomography in Acute Traumatic Brain Injury
Head injury is a major health problem and common cause of disability and death. In developing countries like India the incidence of traumatic brain injury is increasing as traffic increases, besides other puzzling factor...
Somatization in Mastalgia Patients: Is there a Relationship between Mastalgia and Somatization Symptoms?
Somatization can be defined as the physical complaints and symptoms that cannot be explained through physical findings and examinations. In the illnesses in which pain remains at the forefront, the manifestation of the e...
Comparison of serum level of zinc and magnesium in healthy subjects and patients with diabetes and metabolic syndrome and its association with insulin resistance in individuals aged over 10 in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Many studies suggest the fluctuation of the serum level of zinc and magnesium in diabetic patients compared with healthy individuals and etiological role of these elements in the pathogenesis of diabetes. This study aime...
Effect of Teneligliptin supplementation as add on therapy to Metformin in Uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus
Abstract: Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM) is a long term metabolic disorder that is characterized by high blood sugar, insulin resistance, and relative lack of insulin. Metformin is first line drug for diabetes mellitus du...