onychomycosis is the fungal infection of the nails with worldwide occurrence, caused by various species of dermatophytes, yeasts and molds. in addition, of pain and physical effect of onychomycosis that may interfere with individual’s personal and professional life, it may also causes negative psychosocial consequences in patients. concerning increase of onychomycosis during recent decades and ...

Sir, The frequent dermatophyte infections of swimmer’s feet are most likely related to increased exposure to dermatophytes and maceration of skin (1). Fungal particles are shed from infected tissues and found on the floors of shared bathing facilities (2–5). Two studies have revealed a higher level of contamination in men’s dressing rooms than in women’s (2, 4), and a higher rate of tinea pedis...

Various dermatophyte isolation media were quantitatively appraised by colony counts for their ability to support growth when suspensions of trypsin-treated infected-skin scales were used as inocula. Evaluation included guinea pig skin scales infected with a granular Trichophyton mentagrophyton mentagrophytes, and one trial was conducted using human skin scales infected with Trichophyton rubrum....

According to the recent changes in classification of family Arthrodermataceae, it may already include 9 genera and 79 species. Dermatophytes associated with human animal infections belong Trichophyton, Microsporum Epidermophyton, whereas Arthroderma, Ctenomyces, Guarromyces, Lophophyton, Nannizzia Paraphyton are mainly represented by geophilic Since morphological physiological traits fungi cann...

ABSTRACT:The present study determines the incidence of tinea infections and their dermatophytes in Gwalior (M.P.). Out of 83 samples with various infections 85.5 % were infected with dermatophytes. Among them, Tinea corporis was the highest, followed by tinea capitis. The total number of dermatophytes were 71, in which 10 species were identified. Trichophyton rubrum (42.3 %) was the most freque...

Dermatophyte fungi causing tinea capitis can be divided into anthropophilic and zoophilic organisms. Anthropophilic fungi grow preferentially on humans, and the most common type forms large conidia of approximately 3-4 mm in diameter within the hair shaft (endothrix). Common causes of endothrix infection include Trichophyton tonsurans , T schoenleinii and T violaceum. Zoophilic fungi are acquir...

The species of dermatophyte fungi causing tinea capitis vary from country to country and may also change with time. This study was done to identify the predominant organisms causing tinea capitis in the Jamaican population. It was a retrospective study looking at all fungal culture requests to the Microbiology Department at the University Hospital of the West Indies during the period January 1,...

We analyzed the population structure of the anthropophilic dermatophyte species Trichophyton violaceum, which mainly causes tinea capitis, and T. rubrum, the most frequently isolated agent of dermatophytosis worldwide. A microsatellite marker (T1) was developed by using the enrichment technique for microsatellites. The T1 marker containing a (GT)(8-10) repeat was proven to specifically amplify ...