Objective: To study clinical characteristics and mycology of cutaneous candidiasis in Ahwaz (Iran). Design: Four hundered sixty one patients were examined for cutaneous candidiasis over a period of 4 years from different medical mycology laboratories in Ahwaz. Patients and Methods: Skin scrapings, nail clippings and swabs were obtained from the lesions of 461 subjects. Samples were prepared by ...

The incidence of invasive fungal disease (IFD) has increased in parallel with the expansion of the population at risk for IFD to include patients with cancer, solid organ transplant (SOT) and haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients, those receiving immunosuppressive therapy, and patients with AIDS, major surgery, premature birth and advanced age. Additionally, the spectrum of path...

Fungi cause more than a billion skin infections, more than 100 million mucosal infections, 10 million serious allergies and more than a million deaths each year. Global mortality owing to fungal infections is greater than for malaria and breast cancer and is equivalent to that owing to tuberculosis (TB) and HIV. These statistics evidence fungal infections as a major threat to human health and a...