Research Article
Prevalence, Etiology, and Risk Factors of Tinea Pedis and Tinea Unguium in Tunisia
Table 4
Etiological agents responsible for foot mycoses.
| | Causative agents | Tinea unguium | Tinea pedis | Total (%) |
| | Dermatophytes | 165 | 46 | 211 (70.5) | | T. rubrum | 163 | 44 | 207 (98.1) | | T. violaceum | — | 1 | 1 (0.47) | | T. tonsurans | 1 | — | 1 (0.47) | | T. verrucosum | — | 1 | 1 (0.47) | | T. interdigitale | 1 | — | 1 (0.47) | | Yeasts | 53 | — | 53 (17.7) | | C. parapsilosis | 32 | — | 32 (60.3) | | C. tropicalis | 1 | — | 1 (1.8) | | C. metapsilosis | 2 | — | 2 (3.7) | | C. famata | 2 | — | 2 (3.7) | | C. lusitaniae | 1 | — | 1 (1.8) | | C. pelliculosa | 1 | — | 1 (1.8) | | C. sake | 2 | — | 2 (3.7) | | C. guilliermondii | 5 | — | 5 (9.4) | | Trichosporon asahii | 1 | — | 1 (1.8) | | Trichosporon mucoides | 1 | — | 1 (1.8) | | Rhodotorula | 1 | — | 1 (1.8) | | Other Candida sp. | 4 | — | 4 (7.5) | | NDMs | 24 | — | 24 (8.02) | | Aspergillus sp. | 5 | — | 5 (20.8) | | Fusarium sp. | 7 | — | 7 (29.1) | | Scopulariopsis brevicaulis | 4 | — | 4 (16.6) | | Penicillium sp. | 6 | — | 6 (25) | | Scytalidium | 2 | — | 2 (8.3) | | Mixed culture | 10 | 1 | 11 (3.6) | | T. rubrum + C. parapsilosis | 7 | 1 | 8 (72.7) | | T. rubrum + C. metapsilosis | 1 | — | 1 (9.09) | | T. rubrum + Trichosporon sp. | 1 | — | 1 (9.09) | | T. rubrum + Rhodotorula | 1 | — | 1 (9.09) |
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C., Candida; T., Trichophyton; NDMs, non-dermatophyte molds.
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