ABSTRACT
Background: Fungal skin infection has become a significant problem. Therefore accurate diagnosis and treatment of the active disease as well as the reduction of the re-infection by continued screening, follow up of relatives, treating asymptomatic carriers and disinfecting their environment is mandatory
Objective: The study was conducted to determine the frequency of superficial cutaneous fungal infections in Toukh City and to identify the risk factors underlying superficial cutaneous fungal infections
Patients and Methods: Our study investigated prevalence of fungus infections in Toukh Primary Health Care Center, 420 study participants were examined for presence of fungus infection of glabrous skin, hair and nails. All participants completed a questionnaire to estimate their knowledge about superficial fungal infections [SFIs] and to record presence of risk factors for SFIs
Results: The study showed more prevalence of fungal infection [18.6%]. Dermatophyte infections were more prevalent than non-dermatophyte [51.2% vs 37.2%] of infected cases. Onychomycosis had prevalence 1.2% of our study participants and 6.4% of infected participants. Candidal infection was [5.2%], tinea [T.] pedis was [3.6%], T. cruris was [2.1%], T. capitis was [1.7%], T. versicolor was [1.7%], T. circinata was [1.2%], T. barbae was [0.5%] and T. corporis was [0.5%] of study participants. Females represent [62.8%] of cases, while males represent [37.2%]. Concerning with predisposing factor was contact with animals [70.5%]. [57.1%] of infected participants were diabetics, [71.4%] of infected participants were usually wearing synthetic clothes, [64.1%] of infected participants shared towel between family members and [73.1%] shared hair brush
Conclusion: Skin fungal infections are widely prevalent among the population and there is need to increase the awareness of risk factors contributing to skin fungal infections. Awareness in relation to personal hygiene, education status and occupation do play a part in genesis of SFIs
ABSTRACT
We report a 3.5 year old male child, first in order of birth of healthy consanguineous Egyptian parents with typical characteristics of Kabuki make-up syndrome. The patient had microcephaly, high arched sparse eyebrows, hypertelorism, long palpebral fissures with eversion of the lateral third of the lower eyelids, bilateral ptosis, long eyelashes, blue sclera, depressed nasal bridge, broad nose with everted nares, and low set small deformed ears, thin lips, low post hair line, short neck, persistent fingertip pads, dysplastic nails, hypermobile joints, pigmented nevus on the back, lateral side of right foot and right leg and mild hypertrichosis over the lower back. Our patient had also a non-functioning left kidney, multiple chalazions in upper eyelids, enlargement of the glans penis, which were not reported previously, and moderate mental retardation