Characteristics of dermatophytoses in Basrah, Iraq

Abstract

A total of 1199 clinical specimens were collected from 1144 patients clinically diagnosed as cases of superficial cutaneous mycoses in Basrah (Iraq). The collected specimens were examined for the etiologic agents of dermatophytoses by direct microscopy and culture. A total of 237 isolates representing eight species of dermatophytes as a causative agents of skin and nails infections were isolated. Among the tinea infections, tinea corporis and tinea cruris were the most common types of dermatophytoses revealed in this study.

Chromatographic isolation and structural elucidation of secondary metabolites from the soil-inhabiting fungus Aspergillus fumigatus 3T-EGY

“…Berdy (2005) reported that the largest microbial group producing bioactive secondary metabolites was filamentous bacteria (actinomycetes), representing about 45% of the total compounds discovered followed by fungi (38%), but unicellular bacteria possess about 17% only [2]. Fungi are common in nature and are considered as a fruitful source of many antibiotics [3,4]. Fungi related to as comycetes like Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Fusarium are the most famous producers of biologically active secondary metabolites in comparison to other fungal genera [2].…”

Auxarthron alboluteum related to non-dermatophytic toenail infection in Kurdistan region, Iraq: A case report

“…Our knowledge on incidence and causal agents of nails infection in Iraq is poorly known, perhaps may be due to a lack of research. A high incidence in tinea ungium (34.9%) was reported in 1999 in Basrah province [16], whereas, in another study, a lower incidence (6.7%) was reported in 2002 in patients with onychomycosis from the same city [17]. From the later study, dermatophytes were responsible for 45.5% of onychomycosis, whereas, yeasts accounted for 54.5% of cases.…”

Clinico–Mycologicalal Profile of Dermatophyte Species in a Tertiary Care Center

“…In a study by Patel et al, (2010) from Gujarat, dermatophytes commonly isolated were T. rubrum, followed by T mentagrophytes, M. canis, and M. gypseum. In the findings of the study by Muhsin et al, (1999) from Iraq shows Epidermophyton floccosum (31.4%) was the commonest Dermatophyte isolated.…”