Volume : 7, Issue : 8, August - 2018

PATTERNS OF DERMATOPHYTOSIS - A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Divya G, Jayakar Thomas

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Aim: </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">To observe the different patterns of dermatophytosis<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Patients and methods: A total of 100 patients with untreated dermatophytosis were included in this study. All the patients were subjected to:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;&#10;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:&#10;Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Complete history<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;&#10;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:&#10;Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">General and dermatological examination<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;&#10;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:&#10;Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Clinical photographs<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;&#10;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:&#10;Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Skin scrapings<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Results: </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Of the 100 patients in our study, 39 patients showed a combination of tinea corporis and tinea cruris which was succeeded closely by tinea corporis.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Conclusion: </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Tinea corporis and tinea cruris synchronizing together was the most common presentation and our study also showed a male predilection. Tinea corporis was the commonest type irrespective of any concomitantly occurring other site involvement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>