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Mycology 2017
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September 25-26, 2017 Chicago, USA
2
nd
International Conference on
Mycology & Mushrooms
Volume 3, Issue 2 (Suppl)
Med Mycol Open Access
ISSN: 2471-8521
Prevalence of tinea infections in district swat
Saima Liaqat
University of Swat, Pakistan
T
he aim of the study was to find the prevalence of Tinea infections in District Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A total of 190 patients
were reported from different hospitals and private clinics. 40 samples obtained from different parts of body including infected
skin, nails, hairs were cultured of these patients and based on morphological traits, 120 fungal colonies were obtained on PDA
medium. In our results 12 different fungus were isolated which were 25 %
Trichophyton rubrum, Candida
species 19.4%,
Pencillium
species 16.6%,
Aspergillus
species 11.1%,
Microsporum canis
and
Alternaria
species 5.5% while
Trichophyton basicola, T. tonsurans, T.
violaceum, T. verrucosum, Epidermophyton floccosum and Aureobasidium pullans
have 2.7%. On the basis of geographical condition
high prevalence was observed in warm region of Mingora 45.7% followed by Matta 22.6% and minimum of 11k% in colder region of
Kalam. The maximum prevalence of Tinea infections was recorded in age group 1-10 years followed by 11-20 years of age with 24.2%
and 23.1%, respectively. Males had maximum prevalence 55.2 % and females had 44.7 %. Furthermore, farmers were more susceptible
with high number of infection of 32.1 % followed by house wives 24.7 %
Biography
Saima Liaqat has completed her BS (Hons) Microbiology from CBM (Centre for biotechnology and Microbiology) University of Swat, Pakistan. She is the Member
of National Academy of Young Scientist, Pakistan which shows her active participation in the field of biological Sciences. She has also participated in different
workshops and seminars related to science fields. She has a deep insight into microbiology, bacteriology, immunology, virology, experimental statistics, biochemistry,
microbial genetics, genetic engineering and epidemiological concepts.
innocentsaim90@gmail.comSaima Liaqat, Med Mycol Open Access, 3:2, 2017
DOI: 10.21767/2471-8521-C1-003