Dermatomycosis caused by common and rare fungi in Mumbai

Mathur, M; Baradkar, VP; De, Anuradha; Taklikar, Shripad; Gaikwad, Sunil

doi:10.4103/0378-6323.42925

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“…Lesions most often occur on non-hairy areas of the trunk. Percentage of tinea corporis was 5.3% of total infections in our study, table 2, this considered low percentage when compared with the study of Mathur (2008) in Mumbai, which have been reported that most prevalent clinical type that cause dermatomycosis is tinea cruris 60% followed by tinea corporis 33%.…”

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“…Tinea pedis, Malassezia furfur, the fungus that causes tinea versicolor, is normally present in small numbers on the skin and scalp, overgrowth leads to infection [3] . [3] and [14] have determined the risk factors of tinea versicolor more common in men, the adolescents and young adults, people who suffer from profuse sweating or high production of sebum, people with an immunodeficiency following diabetes, Cushing syndrome, people on medications such as corticosteroids and genetic predisposition and moreover it is more common in worm and humid climates (tropical and subtropical areas).…”

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“…Mathur, 2008 [14] has been referred that tinea versicolor is a common condition. It is estimated that 2 to 8% of the population of the United States have it.…”

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Study of Some Biochemical and Hematological Parameters among Cleaning Workers Infected with Microbial Skin Infections

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This study have been carried out on (100) samples (hair, skin, nail and lesions) from cleaners of hospitals, schools and roads suspected of skin infections, 60 male, 40 female and 40 samples 20 male and 20 female from healthy individuals as control. Patients were divided into 3 age groups: G1 (15-25) years, G2 (26-35) years and G3 (36-45) years, in addition to control group (25-35) years.Samples were taken from (June-September, 2010) at some regions in Baghdad City. Diagnosis by a potassium hydroxide (KOH) microscopy and culture on Saboraud's dexotrose agar (SDA) have showed that most common dermatophyte infections were for tinea pedis with prevalence rate of (53%) followed by tinea unguium of (24.6%), tinea versicolor of (12.1%), tinea corporis of (5.3%), tinea capitis of (4.7%). Bacterial infections have beendiagnosed by Gram stain film then cultured on blood agar and Api system.Staphylococcus aureus was responsible for most infections that appeared. Significant differences (P < 0.05) have been appeared between some of the study groups comparing with normal values and control group in the results of hematological tests [hemoglobin level,merythrocyte sedimentation rate (E.S.R.)]. Biochemical analyses were performed on serum samples (blood sugar, blood urea, serum creatinine, total bilirubin, serum cholesterol, serum triglycerides.

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Prevalence of keratinophilic fungi in public park soils of Mumbai, India

Deshmukh

Verekar

2012

Microbiol Res (Pavia)

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The parks of Mumbai are frequently visited by local residents every morning and evening. However, there are no reports on the occurrence of keratinophilic fungi in these areas. The purpose of this research was to study the occurrence of keratinophilic fungi in the public parks of Mumbai. One hundred soil samples were collected from five public parks: Kamla Nehru Park, Powai Garden, CD Deshmukh Garden, Five Gardens and Chota Kashmir. Keratinophilic fungi were isolated by the hair baiting technique using human hair as keratin bait. The cultures were identified using macroand micro-morphological features. Identification was also confirmed by the BLAST search of sequences of the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 rDNA region against the NCBI/Genbank data and compared with deposited sequences. The ability of these fungi to use human hair was also evaluated by release of protein in liquid media. A total of 75 strains of keratinophilic fungi were recovered from 100 (75.0%) soil samples. The isolated fungi were composed of eleven species of eight genera: Arthrographis kalrae, Auxarthron conjugatum, Chrysosporium indicum, C. queenslandicum, C. zonatum, Gymnascella dankaliensis, G. hyalinospora, Microsporum gypseum (15.0%), Myriodontium keratinophilum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Uncinocarpus reesii. These fungi can release 148.8-307.6 μg/mL protein in liquid media when grown on human hair in shake flask culture and also decompose 16.2-38.6% of human hair after four weeks of incubation. Our study indicates that keratinophilic fungi are to be found in the soils of various public parks in Mumbai and that human hair can be a source of pathogenic fungi.

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Dermatomycosis caused by common and rare fungi in Mumbai

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Study of Some Biochemical and Hematological Parameters among Cleaning Workers Infected with Microbial Skin Infections

Study of Some Biochemical and Hematological Parameters among Cleaning Workers Infected with Microbial Skin Infections

Prevalence of keratinophilic fungi in public park soils of Mumbai, India

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