| isolation of dermatophytes and other keratinophilic fungi from surface sediments of the shatt al-arab river and its creeks at basrah, iraq. | twenty-five sediment samples were taken from randomly selected sites in the shatt al-arab river and its creeks and analysed for dermatophytes and related keratinophilic fungi. the results revealed that out of 25 samples only 13 (52%) yielded dermatophytes and related keratinophilic fungi. a total of nine species in four genera were isolated. the most frequent genera isolated in this study were chrysosporium and its teleomorph aphanoascus. the species most frequently found were aphanoascus fulves ... | 1995 | 7477095 |