THE ETIOLOGIC AGENTS OF SUPERFICIAL CUTANEOUS MYCOSES IN JOS, PLATEAUSTATE OF NIGERIA

Authors
AYANBIMPE GH BELLO CSS GUGNANI HC
Citation
Gh. Ayanbimpe et al., THE ETIOLOGIC AGENTS OF SUPERFICIAL CUTANEOUS MYCOSES IN JOS, PLATEAUSTATE OF NIGERIA, Mycoses, 38(5-6), 1995, pp. 235-237
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Mycology
Journal title
Mycoses → ACNP
ISSN journal
09337407
Volume
38
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
235 - 237
Database
ISI
SICI code
0933-7407(1995)38:5-6<235:TEAOSC>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A survey of superficial skin mycoses was carried out among miners and office workers employed in different establishments in Jos, Nigeria. M ycotic infection was demonstrable by microscopy and culture in 45 (10. 4%) subjects: 20 males and 25 females. Malassezia furfur was the predo minant aetiological agent, followed by Candida albicans and Trichophyt on soudanense. Other aetiological agents frequently recovered were T. rubrum., T. mentagrophytes, Microsporum audouinii and Trichosporon bei gelii.