Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

The current study included isolation and identifecation of some types of dermatophytic fungi that causes Tinea capitis in the province of Basrah from the patients of the Basra General Hospital and a private clinic in the province. The results showed that the number of positive samples of the culture was 110 samples and 61.11% as cases of Tinea capitis, as the number of male infected 78 samples and 70.90%, while the number of female infected was 32 and 29.09%, and found that the age group 6–10 years is Were more infection to develop tinea capitis and 47.27%,. The dermatophytes that causing tinea capitis were diagnosed using a number of diagnostic tests. Microsporumcanis was found to be more frequent by percentage 49.09%,

The other side of the study was to test the inhibitory activity ofcloves extracts and peel of pomegranate in M.canis, using Agar Well Diffusion Method by using several different types of polar solvents. The results of the study showed that the Hexane extract of the clove plant had the highest effect in M.canis,, A comparison of Griseofulvin was found to be the most effective fungal antifungal against M.canis,.GC-MS has been used to diagnose fatty acids for the hexane extract of cloves..