Tinea pedis: a clinical dilemma in Bangladeshi population

ABSTRACT

Tinea pedis is an important public health problem because of the increase in immunosuppressive states. Large scale studies in Asia are scarce, and the baseline incidence of tinea pedis is not firmly established. To find out the clinical types of tiena pedis amont the Bangladeshi population. 200 clinically suspected cases of tinea pedis were included in this study. In all cases, samples were collected for KOH microscopy and culture. Clinical pattern and associated relevant factors were noted according to a predetermined protocol. Papulosquamous tinea pedis was the most common clinical pattern in 80 [40%] followed by interteriginous type in 70 [35%] patients. Hyperkeratotic pattern was found less commonly in 45 [22.5%] patients followed by bullous pattern in 5 [2.5%] patients. The incidence of papulosquamous type of tinea pedis is relatively higher among the Bangladeshi population than other countries