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

Table 4

Distribution of dermatophytes in relation to different age categories ( = 130).

Species	Age categories in years					Total
	1–14	15–24	25–44	45–64	65
T. violaceum	7 (14.3%)	12 (24.5%)	9 (18.4%)	21 (42.9%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (37.7%)
T. mentagrophytes	4 (17.4%)	4 (17.4%)	6 (26.1%)	8 (34.8%)	1 (4.3%)	23 (17.7%)
T. tonsurans	6 (27.3%)	5 (22.7%)	7 (31.8%)	4 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (16.9%)
T. rubrum	1 (10.0%)	2 (20.0%)	5 (50.0%)	2 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.7%)
T. soudanense	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (20.0%)	5 (3.8%)
T. schoenleinii	2 (25.0%)	5 (62.5%)	1 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.2%)
T. verrucosum	0 (0.0%)	2 (50.0%)	1 (25.0%)	1 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.1%)
M. audouinii	1 (25.0%)	2 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.1%)
M. nanum	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (100%)	1 (0.8%)
E. floccosum	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (25.0%)	4 (3.1%)
Total	21 (16.1%)	32 (24.6%)	36 (27.7%)	38 (29.2%)	4 (3.1%)	130 (100%)