RESUMO
To determine the age incidence and prevalence of Pityrosporum orbiculare on the normal skin of healthy Iraqi children, we carried out a survey of clinically normal skin of 110 healthy children in Baghdad during April 1998-October 1998. We isolated P. orbiculare on a peptone--glucose--yeast extract medium containing chloramphenicol and cycloheximide, and overlaid with olive oil. The organism was present on the trunk in 77.5% of children 10-14 years, 27.5% of children 5-9 years, and 6.6% of children < 5 years.
Assuntos
Malassezia/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Pele/microbiologia , Adolescente , Distribuição por Idade , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Meios de Cultura , Hospitais de Ensino , Humanos , Incidência , Lactente , Iraque/epidemiologia , Malassezia/isolamento & purificação , Técnicas de Tipagem Micológica , Vigilância da População , Prevalência , Manejo de Espécimes , Tinha Versicolor/epidemiologia , Tinha Versicolor/microbiologia , Saúde da População Urbana/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
To determine the age incidence and prevalence of Pityrosporum orbiculare on the normal skin of healthy Iraqi children, we carried out a survey of clinically normal skin of 110 healthy children in Baghdad during April 1998-October 1998. We isolated P. orbiculare on a peptone--glucose--yeast extract medium containing chloramphenicol and cycloheximide, and overlaid with olive oil. The organism was present on the trunk in 77.5% of children 10-14 years, 27.5% of children 5-9 years, and 6.6% of children < 5 years
