An Epidemiological Study of Human Dermatophytosis in Karaj (۲۰۰۱)

One of the problems of public health in Iran is mycotic inflection which its incidence is not known. The most important disease of them is dermatophytosis. In this regard, determination of various species of etiologic agent, infection source, the risk of contact to animals, and public training are necessary to perform epidemiologic studies. In this research ۷۵۰ suspected samples (including ۵۶۰ male and ۱۹۰ female) were studied , in which ۱۵۷ cases (۲۱%) suffering from dermatophytosis and out of them, ۱۰۰ cases were positive culture. Out of isolated dermatophytps ۶۹% were anthropophilic ۳۰% zoophilic and ۱% were geophilic. Zoophilic agents include T. verrucosum ۱۱% (۱۱ cases), M. canis ۱۰% (۱۰ cases) and T. mentagrophytes ۹% (۹ cases). The most impairments were observed in ۰ – ۹ years of age groups and the agent was M. canis appearing tinea capitis. The most prevalent ringworm agent was E. floccosum which was seen in groin. The most prevalent tinea unguinm was in ۰- ۹ years and ۱۰ – ۱۹ years of age and its agent was T. mentagrophytes. The most prevalent tinea manuum was in ۲۰ – ۲۹ of age and its agent was T. rubrum.

Keywords:

Dermatophytosis , Dermatophyte , Zoophilic , Ringworm