Research Article
Mycological Pattern of Dermatomycoses in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Table 4
Distribution of different isolates from different clinical samples.
| | | Organisms | Skin | Hair | Nail | Total (%) |
| | Moulds (36.1%) | A. niger | 4 (3.1%) | — | 29 (14%) | 33 (9%) | | A. terreus | 1 (0.7%) | — | 1 (0.4%) | 2 (0.5%) | | A. flavus | 4 (3.1%) | — | 26 (12.5%) | 30 (8.1%) | | A. fumigatus | 2 (1.5%) | — | 8 (3.8%) | 10 (2.7%) | | Penicillium spp. | 2 (1.5%) | — | 12 (5.7%) | 14 (3.5%) | | Fusarium spp. | — | — | 7 (3.3%) | 7 (1.9%) | | Mucor spp. | 2 (1.5%) | — | 10 (4.8%) | 12 (3.2%) | | Syncephalastrum spp. | 1 (0.7%) | — | — | 1 (0.2%) | | Cunninghamella spp. | — | — | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.2%) | | Rhizopus spp. | 1 (0.7%) | — | 9 (4.3%) | 10 (2.7%) | | Scopulariopsis spp. | — | — | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.2%) | | Scytalidium spp. | — | — | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.2%) | | A. alternata | 1 (0.7%) | 1 (3.1%) | 7 (3.3%) | 9 (2.4%) | | Bipolaris spp. | — | — | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.2%) | | Curvularia spp. | — | — | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.2%) |
| | Yeasts (8.6%) | C. albicans | 7 (5.5%) | — | 1 (0.4%) | 8 (2.1%) | | NAC | 7 (5.5%) | 1 (3.1%) | 15 (7.2%) | 23 (6%) | | Rhodotorula spp. | — | — | 1 (0.3%) | 1 (0.2%) |
| | Dermatophytes (13.8%) | T. mentagrophytes | 2 (1.5%) | 2 (6.2%) | 4 (1.9%) | 8 (2.1%) | | T. rubrum | 8 (6.2%) | 2 (6.2%) | 7 (3.3%) | 17 (4.6%) | | T. schoenleinii | 5 (3.9%) | — | 3 (1.4%) | 8 (2.1%) | | T. verrucosum | 4 (3.1%) | 2 (6.2%) | 6 (2.8%) | 12 (3.2%) | | T. violaceum | 1 (0.7%) | 1 (3.1%) | 2 (0.9%) | 4 (1%) | | Microsporum audouinii | — | — | 2 (0.9%) | 2 (0.5%) |
| | | Negative | 71 (55.9%) | 23 (71.8%) | 49 (23.4%) | 143 (38.8%) |
| | | Contaminant | 4 (3.1%) | — | 5 (2.3%) | 9 (2.4%) |
| | | Total | 127 | 32 | 209 | 368 |
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