CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY ON SPECTRUM OF DERMATOPHYTOSIS

S. MANJARI¹, K. KUMAR²*, M. VEERARAGHAVAN³, K.S. SRIDHARAN^4
1Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai, 600116, Tamil Nadu, India
²Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai, 600116, Tamil Nadu, India
³Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai, 600116, Tamil Nadu, India
⁴Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai, 600116, Tamil Nadu, India
* Corresponding Author : kennychennai1973@gmail.com

Received : 09-09-2019     Accepted : 26-10-2019     Published : 30-10-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 10       Pages : 1708 - 1711
Int J Microbiol Res 11.10 (2019):1708-1711

Keywords : Cross Sectional Study, Dermatophytosis
Academic Editor : Dr Rishee Kalaria
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai, 600116, Tamil Nadu
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Dermatophytes species Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton are the most common fungal agents associated in superficial skin infections worldwide. The present study was undertaken with the following aims and objectives as to know the clinico-mycological profile of dermatophytic skin infections in the outpatient population attending the dermatology department of a tertiary care centre and to look for any changing trends.

1. Surendran K.A.K., Bhat R.M., Boloor R., Nandakishore B. and Sukumar D. (2014) Indian Journal of Dermatology, 59(3), 262-267.
2. Noronha T.M., Tophakhane R.S. and Nadiger S. (2016) Indian Dermatology, 7(4), 264-271.
3. Bhatia V.K. and Sharma P.C. (2014) Springerplus, 3, 134.
4. Adane Bitew (2018) Dermatophytosis: Prevalence of Dermatophytes and Non-Dermatophyte fungi from patients attending Arsho Advanced Medical Laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Dermatology Research and Practice 2018.
5. Poluri L.V., Indugula J.P. and Kondapaneni S.L. (2015) Journal of Laboratory Physicians, 7(2), 84-89 .
6. Mahajan S., Tilak R., Kaushal S.K., Mishra R.N., Pandey S.S. (2017) Indian Journal Dermatol Venereol Leprol, 83(4), 436-440.
7. Dogra S. and Uprety S. (2016) Indian Dermatology online Journal,7(2), 73-36.
8. Gokhale S., Haider K.T.S., Arora P.N. and Ohri V.C. (1999) Med Journal Armed Forces India, 55(1), 13-15.
9. Maulingkar S.V., Pinto M.J., Rodrigues S. (2014) SpringerLink, 178 (3-4), 297-301.
10. Teklebirhan G. and Bitew A. (2015) International Journal of Microbiology, 5, 1-5.
11. Janagond A.B., Rajendran T., Acharya S., Vithiya G., Ramesh A., Charles J. (2016) Nat J Lab Med., 5,29-32.