Research Article

Prevalence of Dermatophytic Infection and the Spectrum of Dermatophytes in Patients Attending a Tertiary Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 3

Prevalence pattern of dermatophytes across clinical manifestations ( = 130).

Fungal isolatesClinical manifestationsTotal
Tinea capitisTinea corporisTinea crurisTinea ungiumTinea pedisTinea facieiTinea manum

T. violaceum17 (44.7%)4 (21.0%)0 (0.0%)19 (38.0%)1 (16.7%)6 (66.7%)2 (28.6%)49 (37.7%)
E. floccosum0 (0.0%)2 (10.5%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)1 (16.7%)1 (11.1%)0 (0.0%)4 (3.1%)
T. soudanense1 (2.6%)2 (10.5%)0 (0.0%)2 (4.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)5 (3.8%)
T. mentagrophytes5 (13.1%)1 (5.3%)1 (100%)7 (14.0%)3 (50.0%)1 (11.1%)5 (71.4%)23 (17.7%)
T. tonsurans7 (18.4%)4 (21.0%)0 (0.0%)9 (18.0%)0 (0.0%)1 (11.1%)0 (0.0%)21 (16.0%)
T. rubrum4 (10.5%)2 (10.5%)0 (0.0%)4 (8.0%)1 (16.7%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)11 (8.5%)
T. schoenleinii3 (7.9%)3 (15.8%)0 (0.0%)2 (4.0%)0 (00%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)8 (6.0%)
T. verrucosum0 (0.0%)1 (5.3%)0 (0.0%)3 (6.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)4 (3.0%)
M. audouinii1 (2.6%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)3 (6.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)4 (3.0%)
M. nanum0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)1 (2.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)1 (0.8%)
Total38 (29.2%)19 (14.6%)1 (0.8%)50 (38.5%)6 (4.6%)9 (6.9%)7 (5.4%)130 (100%)