Dermatophytosis : Clinico - Mycological Study on Patients Attending the Department of Dermatology Rims Hospital , Imphal , Manipur

A total of 95 clinically diagnosed cases of dermatophytosis over a period of two years attending the department of Dermatology, RIMS, Hospital, Imphal, Manipur were studied mycologically in the Department of Microbiology, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal, Manipur . Out of the total cases, by direct microscopy in KOH wet mount examination showed 39(41.05%) cases were positive, the rest 56 (58.94%) cases were negative. In the culture, 55 (57.89%) cases were culture positive and the rest 40 (42.10%) cases wereculture negative. Among the dermatophytes isolated, the commonest was Trichophyton rubrum(60.00%) followed by T. menta grophytes(32.72%), T.violaceum and Epidermophyton floccosum(3.63%) each. The commonest clinical type was tinea corporis(36.84%) followed by tinea cruris(24.21%), tinea ungium (15.78%), tinea pedis (6.31%), tinea manuum and tinea faciei (5.26%)each and least of tinea capitis and tinea barbae with 3.15% each. Males were more commonly affected than females. The maximum numbers of cases were in the age group of 21-30 years and the least was in the age group of below 10 years. Maximum numbers of cases were detected during the hot and rainy season. K e y w o r d s