Publications

the aetiological agents of superficial cutaneous mycoses in jos, plateau state of nigeria.	a survey of superficial skin mycoses was carried out among miners and office workers employed in different establishments in jos, nigeria. mycotic infection was demonstrable by microscopy and culture in 45 (10.4%) subjects: 20 males and 25 females. malassezia furfur was the predominant aetiological agent, followed by candida albicans and trichophyton soudanense. other aetiological agents frequently recovered were t. rubrum., t. mentagrophytes., microsporum audouinii and trichosporon beigelii.	1995	8531940
ultrastructure of trichophyton violaceum.	the ultrastructure of different fungi have been described in recent literature; however, few reports have concerned dermatophytes.	1993	8440569
tinea capitis in lahore, pakistan.	the causative fungi of tinea capitis vary with geography and time. this study was planned to identify the etiologic agents and determine clinicoetiologic correlations of tinea capitis in lahore, pakistan.	1994	8021080
incidence of dermatophytes in the san francisco bay area.	a total of 1,101 patients was studied for the incidence and distribution of dermatophytes in the san francisco bay area from 1974 to 1978. 267 dermatophytes were isolated and identified. trichophyton rubrum and trichophyton tonsurans were the most prevalent dermatophytes. t. rubrum caused 83% of tinea pedis, 82% of tinea unguium, 80% of tinea manuum and 66% of tinea cruris. t. tonsurans was the major cause of tinea capitis (60%) followed by microsporum canis. microsporum audouinii was not encoun ...	1980	7398991
mycetoma caused by microsporum audouinii. first reported case.	a 25-year-old black man had generalized tinea corporis for 19 years and had associated subcutaneous mycotic granuloma of the scalp and nape of the neck for 17 years. the dermatophyte from the skin was identified as microsporum audouinii and responded to oral griseofulvin treatment. biopsy specimens of the subcutaneous nodules revealed yellowish granules containing masses of irregularly septated hyaline hyphae with frequent vesicles. this fungus differed only in gross colonial morphology from the ...	1980	7361729
dermatophytic flora of ankara (turkey).	during the period july 1, 1976, to december 31, 1978, 1,227 dermatophytes were isolated from 2,702 specimens taken from suspected cases of dermatophytosis. the dermatophytic flora was found to consist mainly of anthropophilic species. trichophyton rubrum was by far the most frequently isolated species. tinea capitis was caused in 36.1% of all cases by trichophyton verrucosum, in 13.9% by microsporum canis and trichophyton violaceum, in 11.1% by trichophyton schoenleinii and trichophyton granulos ...	1981	7262383
five-year follow-up of a man with subcutaneous mycetomas caused by microsporum audouinii.	a black man with subcutaneous mycetomas caused by microsporum audouinii was treated by a combination of griseofulvin, 18.5 g of amphotericin b, excisional surgery, and later, ketoconazole, resulting in a satisfactory arrest or cure of the clinical illness. complications of therapy included residual impaired renal function and a change in hair color from black to a rust brown color. the continued use of the term mycetoma to describe such lesions is justified.	1982	7091057
a survey of dermatophytes isolated from human patients in the united states from 1979 to 1981 with chronological listings of worldwide incidence of five dermatophytes often isolated in the united states.	a survey of dermatophytes isolated from patients seeking medical advice was made from 1979 to 1981 in the united states. the survey included 54 locations with data from 40 cities and 2 states. correlations of these data with that of the other localities of the world were made to illustrate the dynamic epidemiology of several common dermatophytes. the most often isolated dermatophyte in this survey was trichophyton rubrum having 53.66% of the total for these three calendar years. in a chronologic ...	1984	6727982
[microscopic and cultural demonstration of hair infection by the fungi microsporum audouinii, trichophyton mentagrophytes and piedraia hortai].		1968	5758284
[90.: comparative studies of pure cultures on various culture media: microsporum audouinii, m. canis, trichophyton schönleinii and t. violaceum on kimmig-agar, glucose-pepton-agar and pepton-agar].		1972	4636064
studies on the prevalence of tinea capitis infection in ile-ife, nigeria.	investigations were carried out into the prevalence of tinea capitis infection among school children in ile-ife, nigeria. the prevalence rate of clinical infection was found to be 14.02%. the infection was found to be more frequent among pupils between ages 5 and 10 years, and more prevalent among the poor than the rich (p less than 0.005). families having between 1 and 4 children had lower prevalence than families having minimum of five children (p less than 0.10). approximately one-third of th ...	1985	3982491
keratinophilic fungi from nigerian soil.	during a survey of keratinophilic fungi in nigerian soil samples, twelve species of fungi were isolated. these included chrysosporium keratinophilum, c. tropicum, curvularia lunata, microsporum audouinii, m. canis, m. fulvum, m. gypseum, m. vanbreuseghemii, trichophyton ajelloi, t. mentagrophytes, t. soudanense and t. yaoundei. these keratinophilic fungi had a higher incidence by occurrence of individual species during the rainy season (may-october) than the dry season (november-april).	1987	3657901
dermatophyte fungi in the guinea savannah region of nigeria and the changing phase of dermatophytosis in nigeria.	approximately 8,000 patients with various skin diseases were seen at the ahmadu bello university teaching hospital, kaduna, nigeria between january 1983 and december 1986. 174 (2.2%) presented with features in which a clinical diagnosis of superficial fungal infection was made or suspected. 69 out of 190 (36.3%) of specimens taken from skin lesions or nails from these patients were mycologically positive. the fungi isolated were trichophyton rubrum (24.6%), tr. soudanense (13.0%), candida albica ...	1989	2677715
[dermatophyte infections caused by microsporum canis and microsporum audouinii in the greifswald area].	report of serial diseases of dermatophytoses caused by m. canis (5 patients) and m. audouinii (9 patients). two cats and a dog were the infective source of m. canis-infection. m. audouinii-infection was stated in a children ward; here the infective source had not been detected. remarkable are the identical morphological lesions of tinea capitis resp. corporis and the affections of adults in the two groups of patients. griseofulvin therapy and additional veterinary hygienical treatment in case of ...	1990	2365106
keratinophilic and saprophytic fungi isolated from students' nails in egypt.	in order to determine the presence of dermatophytes and saprophytes in healthy toe and finger nails, 120 students (60 male and 60 female) from preparatory schools at sohag governorate (upper egypt) were studied. 54 species in addition to 3 varieties belonging to 17 genera were isolated. six species of true dermatophytes were collected: microsporum audouinii var. rivalieri, m. cookei, trichophyton mentagrophytes, t. simii, t. terrestre and t. verrucosum. chrysosporium, a well-known keratinophilic ...	1990	2338622
a survey of tinea capitis in primary school children in harare, zimbabwe.	a survey of the prevalence and appearance of tinea infections and associated dermatophytes in schools in harare is reported. of 704 children examined, 29% showed clinical evidence of tinea capitis; of these, 86% had mycological evidence of infection. dermatophytes were isolated from 69% of all the specimens. the most common was trichophyton violaceum (78% of the isolates), 9% of the dermatophytes were microsporum audouinii, and other isolates were t. mentagrophytes, t. yaoundei, m. gypseum and m ...	1990	2270008
dermatophytosis of the scalp: incidence, immune response, and epidemiology.	tinea capitis remains a common infection among the pediatric population of north america. the 'gray patch' microsporum audouinii infections of the 1950's have been supplanted by the 'black dot' ringworm of trichophyton tonsurans. the clinical presentation of t. tonsurans infection is quite variable and may be related to specific host t-lymphocyte response. this dermatophytosis is most frequently incurred from contact with an infected child either directly or via a variety of fomites. current stu ...	1990	2183065
dermatophytosis of children in kuwait.	five hundred fifty-six children constituted 39.5% of total smear- and culture-positive cases of dermatophytosis and 0.6% of the total new dermatology outpatients seen over a period of five years. males outnumbered females. the youngest child was a 20-day-old neonate (age range 20 days-12 yrs) with a peak of fungal infections seen in patients between 4 and 6 years of age. microsporum canis was the most prevalent (70.5%) species, followed by trichophyton violaceum, microsporum audouinii, trichophy ...	1992	1574472
forty four years of dermatophytes in a chicago clinic (1944-1988).	data are presented on 39,270 cultures taken over a 44 year span (1944-1988) at the university of chicago's dermatology clinic. in the mid 1940's microsporum audouinii accounted for 60-80% of isolates. it gradually decreased over the next two decades and disappeared altogether in the 1970's. trichophyton rubrum, rare in the 1940's accounted for over 60% of isolates in the mid-1960's only to be overtaken by t. tonsurans. this species, not isolated till the mid 1950's, became and remains the domina ...	1992	1406904
scalp ringworm among black children in south africa and the occurrence of trichophyton yaoundei.	the prevalence of tinea capitis among 153 children who were selected by overt signs of scalp infestation from among 658 black schoolchildren, was studied in two rural areas of the transvaal. in both areas (eastern and northern transvaal), trichophyton violaceum was the predominant dermatophyte species which was isolated. microsporum audouinii was isolated in both areas from a total of 4 children, but m. canis was the cause of only 1 infection, and that was in the eastern transvaal. five infectio ...	1976	1273736
a study of tinea capitis in libya (benghazi).	tinea capitis formed 20% of all superficial mycotic infections, which in turn represented 12% of all skin disease diagnosed at the skin outpatient department of al-jamaheria hospital in benghazi. the majority (94%) of tinea capitis occurred in children. a sample of 200 cases cultured revealed trichophyton schoenleinii to be the most prevalent species of dermatophyte (69.5%) followed by microsporum audouinii. (23.8%).	1979	531713
[in vitro effectiveness of salicylic, benzoic and boric acid and diiodine thymol solutions on various strains of dermatophytes].	in order to study the in vitro behavior of the drug used according to our formula cultures of trichophyton mentagrophytes. trichophyton rubrum, trichophyton verrucosum, trichophyton tonsurans, microsporum canis, microsporum gallinae, microsporum audouinii, microsporum gypseum and epidermophyton floccosum were prepared in order to prove its efficacy. it was found no growth in cultures to which the drug was added in different concentrations thus proving its efficacy as a fungistatic element. the i ...	1979	395583