title: Pattern of Dermatophytes in Patients Attend in Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.
abstract: Dermatophytosis is a common fungal disease which involves the keratinized tissue. This is an attempt to observe the spectrum of dermatophytes among the clinically suspected cases of dermatophytosis attending the outpatient department of Dermatology and Venereology, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Mymensingh during the period of July 2013 to December 2014. Two hundred thirty (230) clinically suspected cases of dermatophytosis were subjected in this study. Sixty three cases (27.39%) were positive for fungus in direct microscopy while 53(23.04%) were culture positive. Among the clinical types tinea unguium was the most common followed by tinea corporis. Dermatophytosis was more common in the age group of 21-30 years. The male to female ratio was 1.53:1. Trichophyton rubrum 44(83.04%) was found common etiological dermatophyte species followed by Trichophyton mentagrophytes 5(9.43%) and Epidermophyton floccosum 4(7.55%).
authors.affiliation: Dr Shabiha Monwar, Thesis part Student of M Phil Microbiology, Department Microbiology, Mymensingh Medical College (MMC), Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Monwar
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mahmud
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Nasreen
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Joly
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Begum
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Abdullah
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haque
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Sarkar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004821:Epidermophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014005:Tinea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification