study of the etiologic agents of mycetoma and sporotrichosis in the north of iran (gilan and mazandaran provinces)

during 2 years, from march 1987 to april 1989, 600 samples of soil and plant were collected from different cities of northern provinces of iran. out of the six hundred samples 58 actinomycetes, 9 pseudallescheria boydii, 10 sporothrix schenckii, and 4 sporothrix schenckii-like fungi were isolated as the following: streptomyces griseus from 31 samples (38.27%), nocardia asteroides from 8 samples (9.87%), actinomadura madura from 8 samples (9.87% ), streptomyces lavendulae from 6 samples (7.4 % ), nocardia autotropica from 3 samples (3.7%) streptomyces rimosus from 1 sample(1.24%), nocardia carnea from 1 sample (1.24%), pseudallescheria boydii from 9 samples (11.11 %), sporothrix schenckii from 10 samples (12.34%), sporothrix schencii-like fungi induding ceratocystis sp.from 2 samples (2.48%), doratomyces purpureofuscus from 1 sample (1.24%), and scopulariopsis candida from 1 sample (1.24%).