ABSTRACT
Chronic dermatophytosis was observed in 2276 (10.02%) of 22,692 patients with dermatophytosis during a period of 5.5 years. Males were affected at least 3 times more frequently than females. The age group most commonly affected was between 20 and 40 years of age. Females were affected more between the ages of 30 to 40 years. Tinea cruris and tinea corporis were the most common clinical types and tinea pedis was the least common type observed. The most frequent isolate was Trichophyton rubrum followed by T. mentagrophytes and T. violaceum. Ichthyosis vulgaris was the most common cutaneous association whereas atopy and diabetes mellitus were the most common systemic associations.
Subject(s)
Dermatomycoses/epidemiology , Tinea/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Child , Child, Preschool , Dermatomycoses/microbiology , Dermatomycoses/pathology , Female , Humans , Ichthyosis Vulgaris/epidemiology , India/epidemiology , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Middle Aged , Mitosporic Fungi/isolation & purification , Prevalence , Sex Factors , Tinea/microbiology , Tinea/pathologyABSTRACT
Of 269 patients with cutaneous trichosporosis a majority of 170 (63.2%) showed the infection as intertrigo in the genitocrural and perianal areas. The predominant symptoms were itching and burning. Trichosporosis has been found to be less common in the other sites. Trichosporosis due to Trichosporon beigelii should be kept in mind as one of the differential diagnosis in cases of genitocrural intertrigo and other cutaneous infections by fungi and bacteria in the tropics.
