BACKGROUND: @entity364 constitute a major health problem all over the world. Signs and symptoms induced by various @entity281 are difficult to distinguish clinically from each other. So, characterization by in vitro culture is required for appropriate diagnosis and treatment as well as to study the epidemiological characteristics in a region. OBJECTIVES: The present retrospective work was aimed to study the spectrum of @entity364 of the skin, nails and hairs in the Capital area of Kuwait over a span of 5 years and to compare the results with those reported earlier from this region and other parts of the world. @entity1 /MATERIALS: The study was conducted on 2,730 @entity1 referred from dermatology outpatients to mycology laboratory suspected to have @entity364 over a 5-year period. Identification of dermatophyte isolates obtained was done by conventional microscopic examination in all @entity1 , whereas culture techniques were performed for 1,593 of them. RESULTS: Among 2,730 @entity1 , 1,437 were @entity1 and 1,293 were @entity1 with a @entity1 to @entity1 ratio of 1.1:1. The age ranged from 3 months to 70 years (mean age 28.5 years). The clinical diagnosis of these @entity1 was as follows: @entity6313 ; @entity4013 corporis; @entity4013 @entity3100 ; @entity4013 pedis; @entity4013 ; @entity4013 manum and @entity14937 . @entity4014 ( @entity3071 ) examination showed positive results in 39% of all cases, whereas positive cultures were obtained in 29% of cultured specimens. Among dermatophytes, six species were isolated: @entity12736 (39%), @entity14476 (16%), @entity12734 (10%), @entity15528 (6.2%), @entity12735 violaceum (2.4%) and @entity12735 (0.4%). @entity12736 was isolated from all body sites. Candida and @entity11150 were isolated on @entity1880 -free cultures in cases with @entity6313 . CONCLUSIONS: @entity364 including dermatophytes remain prevalent in this part of the world. The most common isolate was @entity12736 followed by Candida species. The least isolate was @entity12735 . Species identification in relation to factors such as time, place and population is warranted in order to implement treatment regimens and to propose potential control measures.

The spectrum of XXXX with a special reference to dermatophytoses in the capital area of Kuwait during 2000-2005: a retrospective analysis.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['men', 'women', 'patients', 'PATIENTS'] @entity3071 :: ('CHEBI:32035', 'Chemical') :: ['KOH'] @entity4013 :: ('MESH:D014005', 'Disease') :: ['tinea cruris', 'tinea'] @entity4014 :: ('MESH:C029943', 'Chemical') :: ['Potassium hydroxide'] @entity1880 :: ('MESH:D003513', 'Chemical') :: ['cycloheximide'] @entity6313 :: ('MESH:D014009', 'Disease') :: ['onychomycosis'] @entity11150 :: ('5061', 'Species') :: ['Aspergillus niger'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['dermatophytic infections'] @entity364 :: ('MESH:D009181', 'Disease') :: ['Cutaneous fungal infections', 'fungal infections', 'Fungal infections', 'fungal infection'] @entity3100 :: ('MESH:D014006', 'Disease') :: ['capitis'] @entity14937 :: ('MESH:D014010', 'Disease') :: ['tinea versicolor'] @entity12736 :: ('523103', 'Species') :: ['Trichophyton mentagrophytes', 'T. mentagrophytes'] @entity14476 :: ('63405', 'Species') :: ['Microsporum canis'] @entity12735 :: ('63417', 'Species') :: ['Trichophyton', 'T. verrucosum', 'Trichophyton verrucosum'] @entity12734 :: ('5551', 'Species') :: ['Trichophyton rubrum'] @entity15528 :: ('34391', 'Species') :: ['Epidermophyton floccosum']
@entity364 :: (MESH:D009181,Disease) :: ['fungal infections']
