Fungal species of dermatomycosis in children

Abstract

1,2,7 Dermatomycosis is a health issue, trending to increase worldwide. Fungal infection can occur in any age group but also anthropophilic and zoophilic fungal disease is more common among children and adolescents. According to some research papers, the dynamic of fungal disease is determined by from 5 years to 10 years interval. That’s why we analyzed on data of dermatomycosis for 5 years from 2014-2019 in National Dermatology Center of Mongolia to detect the species, number and prevalence of the etiologic agents (dermatophytes, yeasts) by age and sex of children. This study was analysis of the data obtained from records of the mycology laboratory at The National Dermatology Center of Mongolia. A total of 13413 samples were received in 2014-2019. The samples underwent direct microscopy examination and culture. Study participants were aged between 0-18 years and the mean age was 7.88. The most frequent clinical forms were tinea corporis 28.31% of the total dermatophytosis, tinea capitis (23.42%) and tinea faciei (21.46%), tinea manuum (10.47%). The percentage of positive cultures most frequent isolated was C. albicans (31.45%), T. spp (0.21%), M. canis (0.84%), C. krusei (0.42%).