[Prevalence of fungal and fungal like superficial infections in patients who refered to skin clinic of Arak university of medical science]

ABSTRACT

There are wide-ranging types of fungal infection and dependent on the site of involvement it is divided into five groups; superficial, cutaneous, mucocutaneous, subcutaneous and visceral infections. In humans cutaneous infection includes skin hair and nail disease. This study was done on 148 patients suspected to fungal infection. Samples were studied by direct smear and culture in S, SC and SCC culture media. From 148 patients referred to Medical laboratory, 90 patients had cutaneous infection [60.8%] among which 11 were infected with Tinea versicolor [12.23%], 4 with Candidiasis [4.44%], 73 with dermatophytosis [81.11%] and finally 2 patients with Demodecosis [2.22%]. In this study, dermatophytosis was the most prevalent infection and Tinea corporis had the most incidence among fungal infections. T. verocosome, a zoophyllic fungus, was the main culprit