A survey of nail infection and awareness among non-diabetic patients in Mauritius

Oomar, Jeetun; Jeewon, Rajesh

doi:10.7241/ourd.20133.65

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“…In a study carried out on nondiabetic patients, it was found that there is no significant relationship between fungal infection in nails and level of education. It depended upon manual handwork practice, occupation and quality of life, socioeconomic status, gender, and age [ 27 ]. However, our study shows that there are no fungal isolates from participants with a master level of education in both study subjects.…”

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Fungal Infection among Diabetic and Nondiabetic Individuals in Nepal

Saud¹,

Bajgain²,

Paudel³

et al. 2020

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases

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Background. Low immunity, comorbid clinical conditions, and metabolic disorders may be the underlying factors that determine the severity of infection. Diabetes increases the risk of infection and multiple organ damage. In Nepal, the actual burden of fungal infections has not been estimated or is in a limited progress. This study aimed to investigate the status of fungal infection in diabetic and nondiabetic individuals in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Materials and Methods. A total of 670 samples were collected from 134 participants. From each participant, five samples were collected from different sites like an oral wash, toe swab, midstream urine, hair shaft, and nail scrapings. All samples were cultured on Sabouraud dextrose agar. Gram stain was used to observe yeast cells and lactophenol cotton blue stain was used for hyphae. Chlamydospore production by Candida species was observed in cornmeal agar medium by Dalmau Plate method. Candida species isolated were characterized by germ-tube test and differentiated using CHROM agar Candida medium. Candida species isolates were tested for antibiotic susceptibility. Results. Overall, 19.4% of the samples showed fungal growth. The prevalence of fungal infection was higher in diabetic (34.0%) than nondiabetic individuals (4.7%). Fungal growth was found to be higher in oral wash followed by toe, urine, hair, and nail samples. Predominant fungi were Candida species (57.5%), Aspergillus species (28.4%), and Trichophyton species (10.7%). Oral wash, toe, and urine samples in diabetics had a significantly higher fungal prevalence when compared between both groups, p value < 0.05. In Candida isolates, higher resistance was seen against fluconazole 36.8% and ketoconazole 28.9%, whereas other drugs showed low resistance. Conclusion. Diabetic participants are more susceptible to fungal infection than the nondiabetics. Overall, Candida species and Aspergillus species are highly predominant fungi. Candida species are highly resistant to fluconazole and ketoconazole.

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Fungal Infection among Diabetic and Nondiabetic Individuals in Nepal

Saud¹,

Bajgain²,

Paudel³

et al. 2020

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases

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“…The incidence of fungal infection is higher in sultry humid climates and in crowded living conditions 22 . The differences in the incidence of superficial infections between the age groups and genders may be reflected the differing rates of sebum production and fluctuations of immunity with aging 21 .…”

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Prevalence of Dermatophytes Fungal Infection among Different Gender

2020

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The present study was designed to determine the prevalence of superficial fungal infections among the patients that were living in different circumstances in Diyala region, Iraq. From July 2018 to February 2019. There were (218) patients with ages (2-78) years were surveyed for dermatophyte fungal infections by history and clinical examination. The results revealed that ( 71.2%) of the patients were infected with skin lesions followed by scalp lesions (16.5%) and nail lesions (14.6%). The prevalence rates of dermatophyte fungal infections were linked to the types of tinea infections, including tinea corporis (17.4%), tinea pedis (13.7%), tinea capitis (16.5%), tinea ungium (14.6%), tinea cruris (17.4%), tinea faciale (3.6%). The proportion of fungal infection in rural area(63.6%) was more preponderant in comparison to urban areas (39.8%). Furthermore, the rate of percent infection by tinea capitis (66.6%), tinea corporis (60.5%), tinea cruris (57.8%), were higher in male whereas the percentage of tinea ungium (87.5%) and tinea faciale (62.5%) infections were highest in female. In addition, study demonstrated that indices of tinea infection has been significantly associated with age. This study suggested there has been an exigent need to ameliorate the edification of hygiene values of peoples in addition to increment the economic condition of the society.

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Dermatology Eponyms – sign –Lexicon (K)

Brzeziński¹,

Fiorentino²,

Arunachalam³

et al. 2014

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Eponyms are used almost daily in the clinical practice of dermatology. And yet, information about the person behind the eponyms is difficult to find. Indeed, who is? What is this person's nationality? Is this person alive or dead? How can one find the paper in which this person first described the disease? Eponyms are used to describe not only disease, but also clinical signs, surgical procedures, staining techniques, pharmacological formulations, and even pieces of equipment. In this article we present the symptoms starting with (K) and other. The symptoms and their synonyms, and those who have described this symptom or phenomenon.

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A survey of nail infection and awareness among non-diabetic patients in Mauritius

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Fungal Infection among Diabetic and Nondiabetic Individuals in Nepal

Fungal Infection among Diabetic and Nondiabetic Individuals in Nepal

Prevalence of Dermatophytes Fungal Infection among Different Gender

Dermatology Eponyms – sign –Lexicon (K)

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