| prevalence of dermatophytosis in junior secondary schoolchildren in ogun state, nigeria. | a total of 2772 randomly selected junior secondary school pupils (aged 8-14) from 60 schools were examined for dermatophytic infections by direct microscopy and culture-based laboratory diagnostic methods. of these, 641 (23.21%) had dermatophytosis. out of these, 376 (13.56%) were male while 265 (9.56%) were female. aetiological agents identified with infection were microsporum canis (30.19%), microsporum audouinii (32.92%), trichophyton interdigitale (14.37%), trichophyton soudanense (9.73%) an ... | 2006 | 17022768 |