| presence of dermatophytes on the nails of tinea capitis patients. prospective study in the area of sfax (tunisia). | between january 1995 and december 2000, 512 cases with mycologically confirmed tinea capitis have been diagnosed in our laboratory. in addition, finger nail samples have been taken from 211 patients out of 512. the culture of the nail samples taken was positive for 80 patients (38%). the isolated dermatophytes were the same in the nails and the scalp. microsporum canis was isolated in 82% of nail samples. trichophyton violaceum grew only in 18% and trichophyton quinckeanum in one case. a t. viol ... | 2003 | 12950904 |
| childhood dermatomycoses study in sfax hospital, tunisia. | mycoses are frequent affections in childhood. fungal type varies according to the age and the affected organ. the aim of this study was to determine the aetiological agents of childhood dermatomycoses and to draw attention to the diversity of their clinical manifestations. retrospective study dealing with children's cases with age <16-year old and having dermatomycosis diagnosed between 1991 and 2005 at the parasitology and mycology laboratory of sfax university hospital. a total of 4559 childre ... | 2008 | 18498308 |
| epidemiology of dermatophytoses in sfax, tunisia. | the distribution of dermatophytes varies in different countries and geographical areas depending on several factors. to determine the frequency of aetiological agents and the clinical variants of dermatophytoses, we carried out a study between 1998 and 2007. out of 25 432 subjects suspected to have superficial mycoses, 9960 (39.2%) were affected with dermatophytoses; 14957 positive samples were obtained. the mean age was 35.7 years (range: 21 days to 97 years). sex ratio was 0.9. our patients we ... | 2009 | 19207834 |
| [scalp ringworm tinea capitis in tunisian infants.] | objective: the aim of the study was to specify the epidemiological, clinical, and mycological particularities of tinea capitis in infants. design: we retrospectively collected data from the files of 245 infants presenting with tinea capitis, followed in the hedi-chaker hospital dermatology department and in two mycology laboratories of the sfax hospital, between january 1995 and december 2006. we collected the epidemiological, clinical, and mycological data for each patient. results: we included ... | 2011 | 21764534 |