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Volume 4, Issue 2 (Suppl)
J Pigment Disord
ISSN: 2376-0427 JPD, an open access journal
World Dermatology Congress 2017
September 25-26, 2017
September 25-26, 2017 Dubai, UAE
17
th
World Dermatology Congress
Clinico-mycological pattern of hair and skin infection in New Delhi
Ravinder Kaur
1
, Pragyan Swagatika Panda
2
and Kabir Sardana
2
1
Lady Hardinge Medical College, India
2
Maulana Azad Medical College, India
Introduction:
Fungus parasitizing structures rich in keratin like hair, skin and nails lead to a dermal inflammatory response
with intense itching and cosmetic disfigurement. Hence, diagnosis, treatment and regional epidemiological characteristics of
the fungus by in vitro culture are required.
Aims & Objectives:
To see the clinico-mycological pattern of skin and hair infections in dermatology outpatients’ in New
Delhi.
Materials &Methods:
This study was conducted (April 2013-December2013) inMycology laboratory of a tertiary care hospital,
New Delhi on 100 consecutive outpatients with clinical suspicion of superficial fungal infection of hair and skin. Plucked hair
and scrapings, biopsy and scales of skin were collected. Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) mounts and culture on Sabourauds
Dextrose Agar (SDA) was done and incubated at 25 °C and 37 °C for 4-6 weeks. Identification was done by colony morphology,
microscopic of Lactophenol cotton blue (LPCB) mounts and slide culture as per standard mycological procedures.
Result:
The infection was more common in males (66%) with a Male:Female ratio of 1.9:1 and predominantly seen in <10
years of age (30%). Tinea corporis (32%) was the commonest presentation, followed by T. capitis (26%), T. mannum (20%),
T. pedis (20%) and T. faciei (2%). Direct microscopy by KOH mount was positive in 37%, 46% by culture and 27% by both
microscopy and culture. Dermatophytes were grown in 27 (24.5%), while 17 (16.5%) had growth of non dermatophyte moulds
(NDM) with only 6 (5.8%) of yeasts. Trichophyton rubrum (7.8%) was the commonest dermatophyte. T. verrucossum (5.8%),
T. schoenleinii (5.8%), T. mentagrophyte (3.9%) and T. violaceum (1.9%) were also isolated. Aspergillus flavus (2.9%) was the
most common NDM. Other NDMs isolated were, A. terreus, A. fumigatus, A. niger, Penicillium spp., Syncephalastrum spp.,
Paecillomyces spp., Mucor spp., Rhizopus spp. and Epicoccum spp.
Conclusion:
There is a rising trend of non-dermatophyticmoulds causing infection replacing themost common dermatophytes.
Biography
Dr. Kaur is recently working under Dermatology department in Lady Hardinge Medical College in India.
drkaur@hotmail.comRavinder Kaur et al., J Pigment Disord 2017, 4:2 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2376-0427-C1-002