We analysed 15,101 biological samples from patients presenting with superficial mycoses who attended outpatient services over a 10-year period. Scale samples were processed for direct microscopic examination with 15% KOH and cultured on Sabouraud glucose agar plus chloramphenicol and cycloheximide. Laboratory examination confirmed 4,709 cases of superficial mycosis (31.18%), of which 2,084 (44....

Apama siliquosa Lamk is an important medicinal plant whose leaves and roots have multiple uses. The plant is a rich source of many bioactive compounds which are of medicinal importance. The study was undertaken to investigate the antifungal activity of the methanol, chloroform, ethyl acetate and hot water extracts of the roots of Apama siliquosa. The extracts were tested against the pathogenic ...

Dearmatomycoses are very common infections caused mainly by dermatophytes. A total of 1186 patients ranging from 1-60 years of age were surveyed for dermatomycotic infections in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Specimens for mycological investigations were confirmed by microscopic examinations in 817 cases and the causative agents were isolated and cultured in 70 positive cases. The highest prevalence of ...

Dermatophytes are fungi that can cause infections of the skin, hair, and nails due to their ability to utilize keratin. The organisms colonize the keratin tissues [1] and inflammation is caused by host response to metabolic by-products. The dermatophytes are included in three fungal genera viz,:1. Epidermophyton: This genus consists of 2 species, one of which is a pathogen 2. Microsporum: There...

Background: Griseofulvin is a fungistatic antifungal drug used to treat dermatophytosis. Dermatophytes that are often found include Trichophyton rubrum, mentagrophytes, Microsporum canis, gypseum, Epidermophyton floccosum. Purpose: This review article aims discuss the discovery of griseofulvin. Data Source: The author created this using literature study method relevant purpose review. Sources i...

Problem statement: Dermatophytes have developed resistance to the existing antifungal antibiotics. As a part of our continuous search we had isolated, identified and characterized actinomycetes from the halophilic environment having antagonistic activity against the dermatophytes namely Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton. Approach: Actinomycetes were isolated from the soil sample coll...

The introduction of systemic antifungal drugs which act upon different targets is the main issue of the in vivo antifungal resistance control. Different factors, such as growth curve phase, quality of the specimen, quantity of the inoculum, temperature, pH, culture medium composition, incubation duration and solvent, are believed important factors affecting minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC...