Enteric fever or typhoid is caused by Salmonella enterica with multiple serotypes affecting all types of population, leading to morbidity and mortality. Some of the potential risk factors for enteric fever are consuming contaminated food and water, having close contact with recent enteric fever patients, poor housing, improper sewage system and lack of safe drinking water and increased use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Of the 110 patients with fever included in the study, the mean duration of fever was 9.87 ±0.68 days with a male predominance and male to female ratio of 1.82:1 and the mean age of 44.5 ± 2.32 years. Blood culture yielded growth Salmonella enterica isolates in 32.7% of the subjects. Eight of the 36 isolates (22.2%) were MDR Salmonella. Widal test was signicant in 48.2% (53) of patients. For correct diagnosis of enteric fever, rapid serological tests with better sensitivity and specicity are needed. Also, better living standards, health education, and proper treatment are required to control the endemicity of enteric fever.

This study was conducted to determine the common isolates causing dermatophytosis and other fungi causing dermatomycosis in patients presenting with skin lesions with or without involvement of hair and nails. A total of 75 patients were included in the study with 86 distinctive clinical lesions, of which Tinea corporis (46.7%,) was the most predominant followed by T. cruris (22.7%), T. unguium (14.7%) with a male to female ratio of 1.3:1. KOH mounts were made from samples and examined for fungal elements and samples were sent to Microbiology laboratory for culture, and identication among them 77.3% were skin scrapings alone and 14.7% were nail clippings along with skin scrapings and 8% were hair samples along with skin scrapings. Most common isolate was Trichophyton rubrum (40%) followed by Trichophyton mentagrophytes (17.3%), Trichophyton tonsurans (9.3%), Microsporum gypseum (4%) and no fungal growth was found in 17.3% of the samples. The study signies the importance of mycological examination in the diagnosis of dermatophytosis.