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The Rate of Superficial Fungal infections among Patients with Different Skin Diseases in Diyala IRAQ | ||
| IRAQI JOURNALOF COMMUNITY MEDICINE | ||
| Article 1, Volume 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 264-266 | ||
| Author | ||
| Khudair Kh. Al-Kayalli | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Superficial fungal infections of the skin are relatively common skin diseases all over the world including Iraq, caused by a distinct kingdom called fungi, which are of two types, the moulds and the yeasts. The fungal infections of the skin are divided into superficial and deep infections according to the level of skin involvement. Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the rate of superficial fungal infections of the skin among patients with different skin diseases in Diyala province, Iraq. Patients and Methods: A total number of 9027 patients with different skin diseases was seen and examined in a private and out patient clinic of Baquba Teaching Hospital, during the period, from the first of July 2005 to the end of September 2006. Only 893 patients with superficial fungal infections were involved in this study, they were 596 males and 297 females. The diseases were diagnosed clinically and or by investigations. Results: The results reveled that the rate of superficial fungal infections was 9.9 % (893), among patients with different skin diseases (9027) and 36.7% among those with different skin infections (2435). Dermatophytosis was the most common type 509 patients (57%), then the pityriasis (tinea) versicolor 241 (27%) and the candidiasis was the least common143 patients (16%). Tinea corporis was the most common type of dermatophytosis 121 patients (23.8%), and then the tinea capitis and both were the diseases of male's children. Pityriasis versicolor was more common in adult males, while candidasis was more common in adult females. Conclusion: It was concluded that the superficial fungal infections of the skin were a common diseases among Iraqi patients with different skin diseases, dermatophytosis was the most common type, tinea corporis was the most common type of dermatophytosis and male's children were more liable to develop the infections. Keywords: fungal infection, dermatophytosis, candidasis, tinea. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fungal infection; dermatophytosis; candidasis; tinea | ||
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