Abstract:

Objective To investigate the prevalence and pathogenic fungal species of superficial mycoses in children in our region. Methods Culture and fungal identification were performed on clinical specimens collected from 131 children with superficial mycoses in our hospital from Jan.2015 to Jan.2016. Results In these 131 cases, superficial mycoses on foot were most (47 cases, 35.9%), followed by superficial mycoses in the body trunk (32 cases, 24.4%), and there were the other superficial mycoses, onychomycosis (24 cases, 18.3%), in femoral region (12 cases, 9.2%), on hand (9 cases, 6.9%), on head (7 cases, 5.3%), respectively; boy, 84 cases (64.1%), girl, 47 cases (35.9%); the age distribution of boy was between eight months to 14 years old, and the girl's was 3 months to 14 years old; among the 96 isolated pathogenic fungi strains, the most common species were Trichophyton rubrum (37 strains, 38.5%), followed by Candid albicans (28 strains, 41.7%) and Microsporum canis (12 strains, 12.5%). After above, there were 3 Malassezia strains, 2 Candida tropicalis strains, other 10 Candida strains, 1 Epidermophyton floccosum strain, 1 Trichophyton mentagrophytes strain, and 2 strains of unclassified fungi. Conclusions In 131 cases of children's superficial mycosis, tinea pedis was the most common clinical type; the major pathogenic fungi were Trichophyton rubrum and Candida albicans.

Key words: children, superficial mycoses, pathogenic fungi