PURPOSE Fungal infections are one of the most common skin infections. Athletes, especially in contact sports such as wrestlers are the group at risk of fungal skin infections (FSI). The aim of this study was to determine prevalence of FSI and some effective factors in wrestlers in Tehran, Iran. METHODS This study was a cross-sectional descriptive study which was conducted in 2009 and subjects...

BACKGROUND Onychomycosis is a nail disorder associated with aesthetic problems, discomfort, physical injury and loss of dexterity. The purpose of the present study was to isolate and identify the causative fungi of onychomycosis in 2402 patients in Kermanshah Province, western Iran in 1994 to 2010. METHODS Mycologic assessment was carried out by standard methods including either microscopic o...

Introduction: The most common cutaneous fungal infections are caused by dermatophyte fungi such as Microsporum, Trichophyton, and Epidermophyton. In this study, the epidemiologic trends predominant organisms causing dermatophytosis in Urmia, Northwest Iran, were identified.Aims objectives: To get better perception of distribution authors studied identification isolated dermatophytes from human ...

Results A total of 88 subjects were examined (45men and 43 women); the average age were 41 years old. Abnormal appearing nails were present in 48 cases. Mycologic evidence of onychomycosis were present in 42 cases. The clinical presentation of onychomycosis was: distal and lateral subungual onychomycosis (47%); white superficial onychomycosis (5%); proximal subungual onychomycosis (21%); total ...

11 Background: Tinea capitis is a common infection especially in poor resource settings. This 12 study was aimed at determining the prevalence Tinea capitis in children from selected schools 13 from an urban slum in Nairobi city of Kenya. 14 Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 150 school going children during the period 15 between May and September 2013. A questionnaire was admi...

Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the toenails and fingernails that results in thickening, discoloration, splitting as well as lifting of the nails from the nail bed. It affects 14% of the total world population, with more prevalence in elders and diabetics. Both dermatophytes (Trichophyton rubrum or Trichophyton mentagrophytes) and nondermatophytes (Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, Aspergillus...

This study was conducted in Iran in order to assess the distribution of CTX-M type ESBLs producing Enterobacteriaceae. From January 2012 to December 2013, totally 198 E. coli, 139 Klebsiella spp, 54 Salmonella spp and 52 Shigella spp from seven hospitals of six provinces in Iran were screened for resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins. After identification and susceptibility testing, is...

background and objectives: onychomycosis is a common fungal infection which has been conducted in many parts of the world. the aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiology and to identify the aetiological factors of onychomycosis in mazandaran province, iran. materials and methods: during the period of 10 years (2003–2012) 1100 patients suspected with onychomycosis, referred to the mycolo...

BACKGROUND We attempted to determine the prevalence of Hepatozoon spp. infection in Mashhad, northeast of Iran, via blood smear parasitology. METHODS The prevalence was investigated by examination of blood smear parasitology, using blood samples collected from 254 dogs (51 strays and 203 privately owned-dogs). RESULTS Two stray dogs (2/51; 3.92%) and two privately-owned dogs (2/203; 0.98%) ...