Identification & characterization of fungi causing superficial mycoses

Abstract

Diabetic patients are highly susceptible to various kinds of skin infections or mycoses. As compared to healthy population, diabetics seen to suffer from certain types of mycoses more frequently. During the study identification & isolation of micro-organism that causes superficial mycoses was carried out. Thus the present study was purposed to investigate the presence of unreported skin lesions in diabetic patients. The present study were undertaken to evaluate incidence of pathogen in diabetic & non-diabetic patients.Wet mount method was used to identification of fungal isolates. Topical therapies were successful in less than 20% of patients. Essentials oils have been shown to possess antibacterial, antifungal & antioxidant properties. In antifungal sensitivity test, antifungal agent (ketaconazole, nystatin, itraconazole, chloramphenicol, Amphotericin-B, fluconazole) & herbs like garlic, eucalyptus, neem, tulsi, turmeric were used. This method was done by disc diffusion method (kirbey bauer method).