Clinical benefit of recovering dermatophytes from skin swabs sent for bacterial culture.
We incubated Sabouraud dextrose agar plates to recover dermatophytes from skin swabs sent for bacterial culture. Dermatophytes were recovered from 66 (0.3%) of 22,613 cultures. Twenty-one patients received specific antifungal treatment when their dermatophyte was reported. Most clinicians thought recovering and reporting the dermatophyte contributed to patient management.
Department of Microbiology, Diagnostic Medlab, Panmure, Auckland, New Zealand.
Gillian
G
Mabbott
Jocelyn
J
Smith
Arthur J
AJ
Morris
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000362:Agar; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003883:Arthrodermataceae / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003470:Culture Media; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D003470:Culture Media; D000362:Agar