The International Tinnitus Journal

Epidemiological study of dermatophytes spread in Anbar Governorate.

Author(s): Maryam jassim mohammad*, Farqad Hawas Musa, Samir Mishrif Khalaf

The current study was conducted during the period from October 2022 until March 2023, based on 80 specimens collected from people infected with dermatophytes and clinically diagnosed by dermatologists at Ramadi Teaching Hospital, Fallujah Teaching Hospital, and private outpatient clinics. Information about the patients was enlisted in a questionnaire form. Laboratory studies were conducted for these samples, which included direct microscopic examination using potassium hydroxide (KOH) to detect the presence of dermatophytes initially and then culturing them in Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA) media for diagnosis, relying on the traditional methods. Results obtained from the study showed that there was a significant increase (P?0.05) in the infection percentage for males (62.5%), compared to the percentage for females (37.5%). The study also revealed, through routine examination of direct examination and laboratory culture on SDA medium containing the antibacterial chloramphenicol and the opportunistic antifungal ammonium hydroxide at a concentration of 30% instead of cycloheximide that 68 specimens, at a percentage of 85%, showed a positive result from the laboratory culture, and 12 specimens, or 15%, exhibited a negative result. Direct microscopic examination showed that the positive specimens were 77, at a percentage of 96.25%, and the number of negative specimens was three, at a percentage of 3.75%. Six types of clinical patterns of Tinea were isolated: Tinea corporis, which had the highest percentage of infection among other clinical cases, reaching 47.5%; Tinea manuum came second and represented 20%.

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