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Original Research

Spectrum of dermatophyte infections in Botswana

Rameshwari ThakurDepartment of Microbiology, Muzzaffarnagar Medical College, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 127-133 | Published online: 05 Mar 2015

Figures & data

Figure 1 Potassium hydroxide 10% mount.

Notes: Branching fungal hyphae. Magnification ×400.
Figure 1 Potassium hydroxide 10% mount.

Figure 2 Trichophyton violaceum (violet pigment).

Figure 2 Trichophyton violaceum (violet pigment).

Figure 3 Trichophyton violaceum (white variant).

Figure 3 Trichophyton violaceum (white variant).

Figure 4 Trichophyton violaceum (lacto phenol cotton blue mount).

Notes: Tangled hyphae, branched and irregular. Magnification ×400.
Figure 4 Trichophyton violaceum (lacto phenol cotton blue mount).

Figure 5 Trichophyton violaceum.

Notes: Rare macroconidia. Magnification ×400.
Figure 5 Trichophyton violaceum.

Figure 6 Trichophyton interdigitale.

Note: Cottony type (right), granular type (left).
Figure 6 Trichophyton interdigitale.

Figure 7 Trichophyton interdigitale (lacto phenol cotton blue mount).

Notes: Macroconidia and macroconidia in grape-like clusters. Magnification ×400.
Figure 7 Trichophyton interdigitale (lacto phenol cotton blue mount).

Figure 8 Trichophyton interdigitale.

Notes: Spiral hyphae. Magnification ×400.
Figure 8 Trichophyton interdigitale.

Table 1 Causative dermatophytes in 120 patients

Table 2 Clinical types and causative dermatophytes in 120 patients

Figure 9 Trichophyton tonsurans.

Figure 9 Trichophyton tonsurans.

Figure 10 Microsporum ferrugineum (lacto phenol cotton blue mount).

Notes: Bamboo-shaped hyphae. Magnification ×400.
Figure 10 Microsporum ferrugineum (lacto phenol cotton blue mount).

Figure 11 Bar diagram of clinical forms.

Figure 11 Bar diagram of clinical forms.

Figure 12 Tinea unguium.

Notes: (A) Endonyx type of tinea unguium (all ten fingers) due to Trichophyton violaceum. (B) Tinea unguium left hand.
Figure 12 Tinea unguium.

Table 3 Association between age-groups of clinical forms

Figure 13 Tinea corporis (right knee).

Note: Extensive scaly lesion with no central clearing.
Figure 13 Tinea corporis (right knee).

Figure 14 Hair loss, marked crusting and Kerion formation.

Note: Kerion of the scalp.
Figure 14 Hair loss, marked crusting and Kerion formation.

Figure 15 Tinea pedis due to Trichophyton interdigitale.

Figure 15 Tinea pedis due to Trichophyton interdigitale.

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