Epidemiology of dermatophytoses in a rural community in Eastern Nigeria and review of literature from Africa
| Autor: | Ada C. Ngwogu, T. V. Otokunefor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Microsporum audouinii Veterinary medicine Adolescent Veterinary (miscellaneous) Epidermophyton floccosum Nigeria Microsporum gypseum Trichophyton rubrum Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology Age Distribution Epidemiology medicine Prevalence Dermatomycoses Humans Trichophyton Sex Distribution Child Trichophyton tonsurans biology Geography business.industry Temperature biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Review Literature as Topic Child Preschool Africa Tinea capitis Female Mitosporic Fungi business Agronomy and Crop Science |
| Zdroj: | Mycopathologia. 164(4) |
| ISSN: | 0301-486X |
| Popis: | A total of 4,287 primary school children, comprising 1,740 males and 2,547 females in Arochukwu local government area of Abia state Nigeria were examined for clinical signs of dermatophytoses. About 873 (20.4%), consisting of 505 males and 368 females had lesions consistent with dermatophytoses. The disease was more prevalent in males (29%) than females (14.4%) in a ratio of approximately 2:1 (P < 0.05). The infection rate increased from 16.8% in the 4–6 year age group to a peak of 28.1% in the 10–12 year age bracket and dropped sharply to 5.6% in the 16–18 year group. The highest prevalence (39%) was observed among males aged 10–12 years while females 16–18 years had the lowest prevalence (2.5%). Tinea capitis was the predominant clinical type of dermatophytoses, and occurred in 13.7% of the total population studied and 67% of lesion positive cases. Trichophyton soudanense and Trichophyton tonsurans the predominant aetiological agents of dermatophytoses with a prevalence of 26.2% and 21.6%, respectively. Others include Trichophyton mentagrophytes (18.8%), Epidermophyton floccosum (8.3%), Microsporum audouinii (6.4%), Microsporum gypseum (6.0%), Trichophyton rubrum (5.5%) and Microsporum ferrugineum (7.3%), which was isolated for the first time in Nigeria. |
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