1PG Resident, Dept. of Microbiology, Subharti Medical College, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut (U.P.), India
2Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology, Subharti Medical College, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut (U.P.), India
3Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, Subharti Medical College, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut (U.P.), India
4Professor, Dept. of Dermatology, Subharti Medical College, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut (U.P.), India
5Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, Subharti Medical College, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut (U.P.), India
Online published on 6 November, 2014.
Clinico- mycological correlation was carried out in 100 cases of dermatophytosis from Meerut city. Tinea corporis was the commonest clinical type followed by tinea cruris. The overall positivity rate was 51% by culture and 58% by direct microscopy. Trichophyton was the commonest genus isolated (86.3%). Trichophyton rubrum (26%) was the predominant species isolated followed by Trichophyton tonsurans (9%) Epidermophyton floccosum (6%) and Trichophyton mentagrophytes (4%). Maximum numbers of patients were males in the third decade of life, belonging to the middle socio-economic group.
Dermatophytosis, Dermatophytes, Tinea
