Incidence of superficial mycosis infection among children in some elementary schools in Benin City, Nigeria
Oronsaye F E, Odigie Bolaji and Oronsaye I
University of Benin, Nigeria
: Med Microbiol Rep
Abstract
Background: Superficial mycosis is a common feature among school age children in developing couries, due to unhygeiinic environment where they recide and play. These diseases sin and nails The economic gwn turn of the se countries makes it very difficult t purchase the necessary antimycotic drugs and remedies to combact these infections,Moreover, over crowdy and close association with their play-mate can lead to outbreak off epidermics which can result in more serious and even fatal conseconsequencies, the need to audit the types of superficial mycosis among these children of School age cannot be overemphasised. Methods: One hundred scooh children from selected Primary schools in Egor Local Goverment area of Edo state were rand,ly recruited into the study ,Consent was obtained from local Government Education Ministry before commencement of study. Skinswabs hairswetre collected from the children and were delivered to the laboratory for processing with minimum delay. Swabs were culture unto blood agar plates and Sabuoroid agar slopes and incubated at 370c overnight. Direct microscopic examination was done on the scales,taken off hairsplaced on microscope slides containing few drops f potassium hydroxide and observed under the microscope using X10, andX40 objeectives Results: Ffifty percent of the children tested had various fungal infections ranging from Trichophytonmetagogrophyytes –Aspergillus spp., Penicillum spp., Candida albicanns and Mucor spp. Conclusion: This study presents the isolation of various fungal species from children in some primary Schools in Benin City Nigeria.
Biography
Dr. Francis Oronsaye is presently working as an associate professor at University of Benin, Nigeria from where he pursued PhD in Medical Microbiology. After attaining doctorate, he served in various positions including lecturer, senior lecturer and principal investigator for various projects involved in the same university. He has attended more than 20 international conferences and delivered talks in his field of expertise. He is a member of International Research and Development Institute and American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. He has published more than 50 research articles in peer-reviewed journals. He was also successful in designing a lotion for treating all kinds of superficial infections of bacterial and fungal origin. It is currently undergoing toxicology testing and is also awaiting NAFDAC registration.
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