A clinico-mycological study of dermatophytoses in Nepal

A clinico-mycological study of 100 cases of dermatophytosis was done in the B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in the eastern region of Nepal. The incidence of dermatophytoses in this study was 4.54% with a M: F ratio of 2.5: 1. The commonest age group was 11-20 years old. A single clinical type was found in 68%; 32% had two or more clinical types. The study revealed tinea corporis (43%) as the most common clinical type followed by tinea cruris (33%) and tinea pedis (20%). Positive culture was obtained in 94% of cases. A total of eight different species of dermatophytes were isolated with T. rubrum (45.74%) as the most common species followed by T. mentagrophytes (26.6%), T. tonsurans (11.7%), M. audouinii (8.36%), E. floccosum (4.26%), T. schoenlenii (2.13%), T. violaceum (2.13%) and T. verrucosum (1.06%).