National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Melanin pigment is a complex, brown – black polymer. Excessive pigmentation is known as hyper pigmentation and decreased pigmentation is known as hypopigmentation. Genetic and severe environmental conditions can cause melanin disruption. Dermatophytic infections were characterized by hypo pigmentation and hyper pigmentation macules. The present study aims to identify the infectious aetiology of hypo pigmented and hyper pigmented macular lesions in the skin other than Leprosy using conventional techniques among patients attending a tertiary care hospital. This is an observational study approved by Institutional ethical committee Skin scrapings were collected under strict aseptic precautions as per standard protocol. Potassium hydroxide preparation-KOH mount made and observed under microscopy. The KOH positive samples are cultured in Dermatophyte Test Medium and Sabourauds Dextrose Agar. A total of 120 samples were collected, out of which 56(46%) were KOH positive and 64(54%) were negative In this study the overall prevalence rate of dermatophytic infection was highest among males 35(64%) and in females 19(35%). It is important toidentify the causes and treat them appropriately to reduce the psychosocial stress of patients with pigmentary disorder.
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