INTRODUCTION Since the prevalence of skin mycotic infections is changing and is area depended we aimed to analyze the frequency of the skin myocotic infections and the appearance sites. MATERIAL AND METHODS There were involved 560 patients referred to the Dermatology Clinic of University Clinical Center of Kosova during a period of one year. RESULTS The mean age of our study group was aroun...

During a three years survey on the prevailing types of Dermatomycoses in Karachi, a case of tinea capitis caused by Microsporum nanum was discovered. This is the first report of scalp infection by this particular species of Dermatophytes from Pakistan. Reports of human infections by Microsporum nanum are rare. Such cases have been encountered in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Mexico, New. ze...

Trichophyton rubrum is an important cause of dermatomycoses. Molecular strain typing methods have recently been developed to address questions about epidemiology and source of relapse following treatment. This report describes the application of RAPD for molecular strain differentiation of this fungus utilizing the primers 1- (5'-d[GGTGCGGGAA]-3') and 6- (5'-d[CCCGTCAGCA]-3'). A total of five R...