Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 11

Isolation and identification of dermatophytes from different clinical samples among coastal Eastern Indian population

  • Author:
  • Kaniska Uthansingh1, Manoj Kumar Sahu1, nagen Kumar Debata2, Debasmita behera3, Kirtika Panda2, Mahesh chandra Sahu4,
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 2322 to 2327

1Department of Gastroenterology, IMS and SUM hospital, Siksha “O” Anusandhan (Demmed to be University), K8, Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

2Department of Microbiology, IMS and SUM hospital, Siksha “O” Anusandhan (Demmed to be University), K8, Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

3Department of Skin &VD, IMS and SUM hospital, Siksha “O” Anusandhan (Demmed to be University), K8, Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

4Medical Research Laboratory, IMS and SUM hospital, Siksha “O” Anusandhan (Demmed to be University), K8, Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

*Corresponding Author: Dr. Mahesh Chandra Sahu Assistant Professor, Directorate of Medical Research, IMS and SUM hospital, Siksha “O ”Anusandhan University, K8, Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar-751003, Odisha, India

Online published on 21 January, 2019.

Abstract

Dermatophytosis is as of now an illness of worldwide significance and a general wellbeing load. It is caused by dermatophytes, which assault and develop on dead creature keratin. This study was aimed to identify the common dermatophyte causing fungal infection with both Microscopic as well as Cultural methods.

This is a prospective study was conducted for the period one year and included the patients with T. cruris and T. corporis, T. ungium, T. pedis and T. barbae aged between 6 years to 70 years. Dermatophytes were confirmed by microscopic examination of Skin and nail samples taken from the affected lesion of the body.

Out of 78 patients the frequency of ring worm infection among those patients attending the Dermatology clinic (Dept of Skin & VD, IMS & SUM Hospital) were T. rubrum (73%), T. mentagrophytes (53%), E. floccosum (26.82%) and T. verrucosum (7.31%). T. rubrum was the most common etiological organism in T. corporis and this ranked 1st in the other form of ring worm infection.

Most of the tinea corporis patients infected with Trichophyton rubrum. Then comes the infection of T. violaceum, T. tonsurans and T. mentagrophytes. It is significantly noted that this disease takes a rather severe turn in patients of advanced in elderly age.

Keywords

SDA, PDA, KOH, LCB, Dermatophytes