| fungal skin infections among prison inmates in abakaliki, nigeria. | of 402 prison inmates screened for fungal skin lesions, 79 (19.7%) showed skin lesions, which proved mycologically positive by microscopy and culture. dermatophytes were responsible for skin lesions in 61 (77.2%) of the inmates, while non-dermatophytes accounted for 18 (22.8%) of the lesions. the dermatophytes recovered were mostly anthropophilic and included trichophyton rubrum 33 (41.8%); t. mentagrophytes var. interdigitale 3 (3.8%); t. tonsurans 3 (3.8%); t. violaceum 2 (2.5%); epidermophyto ... | 2008 | 18076595 |