[Mycoses].

comparison study of wood lamp & direct exam for diagnosis of superficial mycoses

بررسی میزان شیوع عفونت های قارچی سیستمیک در سه بیمارستان آموزشی و درمانی کرمان

Background and purpose: Systemic mycoses can cause a tremendous variety of health problems. In this study, the prevalence of systemic mycoses infections was determined in patients admitted to Kerman teaching hospitals for six months. Materials and methods: This descriptive study was conducted in 104 suspected samples of systemic fungal infections collected from hospitalized patients. Direct sm...

Steroid-binding receptors in fungi: implication for systemic mycoses

It has been shown that some of the mycotic infections especially systemic mycoses show increased male susceptibility and some steroids have been known to influence the immune response. Researchers found that some fungi including yeasts use "message molecules" including hormones to elicit certain responses, especially in the sexual cycle, but until recently no evidence was available to...

بررسی وضعیت عفونتهای قارچی سطحی جلدی در مراجعین به درمانگاه پوست بیمارستان سینا همدان (از سال 1370 لغایت 1373)

Objective: A survey of superficial cutaneous mycoses in the dermatologic department of Sina hospital from 1991-94, Hamadan of west Iran. Population: Of patients coming to clinic who referred to laboratory. Method of research: Information of the laboratory was used (retrospective study). Results: of 15498 patients coming to clinic, 1562 (10%) cases suspected cutaneous mycoses. Among 5...

تعیین میزان شیوع و بررسی عوامل کچلی‌های سر و بدن در بین دانش‌آموزان مدارس ابتدائی شهرستان ورامین

 Superficial mycoses is an endemic diease in Iran specially rural area and area of poor hygiene, where the children are dealing with domestic animals. Scalp mycoses is almost always seen in school age children and younger.  So study of fungal investigation in Iran is important from point of view of public health and preventive medicine. Varamin, an agricultural city near Tehran was selected for...

Imported mycoses : some diagnostic problems W . ST C . SYMMERS

Introduction The first, and in many cases the greatest, problem in the correct clinical management of mycoses is their recognition. In general, delay in the diagnosis of mycoses results primarily from failure to consider that a fungal or actinomycetous infection may be the cause of a patient's symptoms. In this respect the problem is a commonplace one, not confined to mycoses: its solution lies...