The effect of onion and garlic extracts on fungal growth and keratinolytic activity was studied in Trichophyton mentagrophytes as one of the major etiologic agents of human and animal dermatophytosis in Iran and other parts of the world. In order to find out the best keratinase producer for further steps, culture conditions for 30 strains of T. mentagrophytes isolated from human dermatophytosis...

Fungal infections of hair, nail and skin are common worldwide and continue to increase. The present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of dermatophytosis, isolation rates and the profile of fungi associated with dermatophytosis. Samples were collected from 305 patients and a portion of each sample was examined microscopically and the remaining portion was cultured on to plates of ...

BACKGROUND Surveillance of dermatophytosis is essential to determine the likely changes in etiological trends and distribution profile of this infection. In this study beta tubulin gene (BT2), was used as the first time in a PCR-RFLP format to clarify the distribution of dermatophytosis agents in some parts of Iran. METHODS A total of 603 clinical isolates was obtained from 500 patients in Te...

The efficacy of an inactivated vaccine for the treatment of feline dermatophytosis was investigated in a placebo-controlled-double-blind multi-centre GCP study in Europe. Fifty-five client-owned cats with dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes or Microsporum canis, confirmed by fungal culture, were treated with either three intramuscular injections of vaccine or placebo. Treatmen...

Objective: To analyze the pattern of drug prescription and rationality pharmacotherapy used in dermatophytosis. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted from January 2021 to June 2022 Department Skin Venereal Diseases. Prescriptions included all newly diagnosed patients with cutaneous fungal infections both genders who attended Dermatology OPD. Factors considered were sociodemog...

Dermatophytes fungi are causative agents of dermatophytosis. Surface skin called dermatophytes after the anatomical localization lesions. A total 164 specimens were collected from patients with dermatophytosis (ring worm) distributed into 89/164(54.26%) male and 75/164(45.73%) female. The DTM culture medium was prepared by adding 0.2g phenol red dye to 1 litter PDA medium, utilized short oligon...