“Epizoonosis of Dermatophytosis”: A Clinico - Mycological Study of Dermatophytic Infections in Central Nepal

Abstract

Background

Clinico mycological study of dermatophytosis

“…1,[6][7][8][9]13,14,20,21 This may be due to increased outdoor physical activity and increased opportunity for exposure in men than women.…”

“…10,21 Among the females who had tinea corporis, common site involved was the waist area where the patterns of clothing worn by the women in the catchment area -saree and salwar suits -act as precipitating factors due to friction, increased sweating, collection dust particles and fungal spores at belt line.…”

Dermatophytosis: A Clinico-mycological profile from a tertiary care hospital

“…The most common dermatophytosis seen were tinea corporis 911(57.30%), tinea pedis 203 (12.77%) and tinea cruris 171(10.75%) which is in agreement with other studies in India. 14,16,17 This may be due to working in hot and humid environment and high rate of sweating in groin, waist, underarm and toe web making these sites more vulnerable to dermatophytosis. 18 Male predominance was seen in case of Tinea cruris which is in agreement with other studies reported earlier.…”

“…In this study an overall male predominance was observed 996(62.64%) as compared to females 594(37.36%) which is in concordance with other studies. 12,13,14,15 Higher incidence in male may be due to hard physical labour, working in hot and humid environment for a very long time. This leads to excessive sweating giving suitable environment for fungal agents to proliferate thus predisposing to dermatophytosis.…”

A Clinico-Mycological Study of Human Dermatophytosis in Chitradurga, Krnataka, India

“…Generally, dermatophytes exhibit a cosmopolitan distribution, that is, they are found in different countries of the world with variations in the frequency of particular species [16,17] . It occurs in increased frequencies in tropical and subtropical countries [18] .…”