| prevalence of pityrosporum orbiculare on normal skin of iraqi children. | to determine the age incidence and prevalence of pityrosporum orbiculare on the normal skin of healthy iraqi children, we carried out a survey of clinically normal skin of 110 healthy children in baghdad during april 1998-october 1998. we isolated p. orbiculare on a peptone--glucose--yeast extract medium containing chloramphenicol and cycloheximide, and overlaid with olive oil. the organism was present on the trunk in 77.5% of children 10-14 years, 27.5% of children 5-9 years, and 6.6% of childr ... | 2005 | 16602475 |