Seyed Jamal Hashemi, Hamid Azadegan Qomi, Mansour Bayat, Iraj Sohrabi Haghdost
Dermatophytosis is one of the most prevalent fungal cutaneous zoonotic diseases which must be considered continuously in the society hygienically and economically. Animals such as cow, sheep, dog, cat, rodents and birds are assumed as the main origin of these infections. Infection in animals is often a chronic incidence but in humans is along with severe inflammatory reactions. Upward trend of superficial cutaneous fungal infections is one of the hygienic problems of developed and developing societies and zoophilic factorshave a major effect on incidence of such infections. Information of its circumstance and share of each one of resources is necessary for hygienictherapeutic planning. To apply this study, the patient suspected to fungal lesions referring to different clinics in Arak were sampled, within June 2011 to June 2012. Then, direct test and culture were made. In order to determine the fungal types, slide culture and complementary tests were used, if required. Out of 435 referred patients, superficial cutaneous fungal infections were diagnosed in 215 patients (49.4%), of which 138 patients (31.7%) were infected with Dermatophytosis, 61 patients (14%) with Tinea Versicolor, 8 patients (1.8%) with Erythrism and 2 patients with Otomycosis. Dermatophytosis was the most prevalent infection in this study and tinea corporis had the most incident among fungal infections. Trichophyton mentagrophytes was the main culprit.
