Oke Olaide Olutoyin, Onayemi Olaniyi, Olasode Olayinka Abimbola, Omisore Akinlolu Gabriel, Oninla Olumayowa Abimbola
Dermatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta 110222, Nigeria.
Department of Dermatology & Venereology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Dermatol Res Pract. 2014;2014:842917. doi: 10.1155/2014/842917. Epub 2014 Dec 10.
Fungal infections of the skin and nails are common global problems with attendant morbidity among affected individuals. Children are mostly affected due to predisposing factors such as overcrowding and low socioeconomic factors. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the clinical patterns of superficial fungal infections among primary school children in Ile-Ife. A multistage sampling was conducted to select eight hundred pupils from ten primary schools in Ile-Ife. Data on epidemiological characteristics and clinical history was collected using a semistructured questionnaire and skin scrapings were done. The prevalence of superficial fungal infections among the 800 respondents was 35.0%. Male pupils constituted 51.0% of respondents while the females were 49.0%. The mean age for all the respondents was 9.42 ± 2.00. Tinea capitis was the commonest infection with a prevalence of 26.9% and tinea unguium, tinea corporis, and tinea faciei had a prevalence of 0.8%, 0.6%, and 0.5%, respectively. Tinea manuum had the least prevalence of 0.1%. Pityriasis versicolor had a prevalence of 4.4%. Microsporum audouinii was the leading organism isolated. The study shows that the prevalence of superficial fungal infection (SFI) among primary school children in Ile-Ife is high with tinea capitis as the commonest SFI.
皮肤和指甲的真菌感染是全球性常见问题，会给受影响个体带来相应的发病率。由于过度拥挤和社会经济因素较低等诱发因素，儿童受影响最为严重。本研究的目的是确定伊莱-伊费地区小学生浅表真菌感染的患病率和临床模式。采用多阶段抽样方法，从伊莱-伊费的十所小学中选取了800名学生。使用半结构化问卷收集了流行病学特征和临床病史数据，并进行了皮肤刮屑检查。800名受访者中浅表真菌感染的患病率为35.0%。男学生占受访者的51.0%，女学生占49.0%。所有受访者的平均年龄为9.42±2.00。头癣是最常见的感染，患病率为26.9%，甲癣、体癣和面癣的患病率分别为0.8%、0.6%和0.5%。手癣的患病率最低，为0.1%。花斑糠疹的患病率为4.4%。奥杜盎小孢子菌是分离出的主要病原体。该研究表明，伊莱-伊费地区小学生浅表真菌感染（SFI）的患病率很高，头癣是最常见的SFI。
