The Prevalence and Pattern of Superficial Fungal Infections among School Children in Ile-Ife, South-Western Nigeria

Table 4

(a) Distribution of dermatophytic isolates according to age and gender grouping of primary pupils in Ile-Ife (). (b) Distribution of dermatophytic isolates according to clinical types.

(a)

Species	Isolates according to age group				Isolates according to gender
	Total (%)	4–6 yrs	7–11 yrs	12–16 yrs	Male (%)	Female (%)
Microsporum audouinii	44 (28.0)	13 (30.0)	31 (70.0)	0 (0.0)	32 (72.3)	12 (27.7)
Trichophyton rubrum	34 (21.7)	19 (55.9)	14 (41.2)	1 (2.9)	20 (58.8)	14 (41.2)
Trichophyton mentagrophytes	18 (11.5)	14 (77.8)	4 (22.2)	0 (0.0)	12 (66.7)	6 (33.3)
Trichophyton schoenleinii	10 (6.4)	8 (80.0)	2 (20.0)	0 (0.0)	7 (70.0)	3 (30.0)
Epidermophyton floccosum	8 (5.1)	2 (25.0)	6 (75.0)	0 (0.0)	4 (50.0)	4 (50.0)
Aspergillus fumigatus	14 (8.9)	8 (57.1)	6 (42.9)	0 (0.0)	11 (78.6)	3 (21.4)
Aspergillus niger	10 (6.4)	5 (50.0)	5 (50.0)	0 (0.0)	6 (60.0)	4 (40.0)
Penicillium	19 (12.0)	8 (42.1)	10 (52.6)	1 (5.3)	17 (89.5)	2 (10.5)
Total number (%)	157 (100.0)	77 (49.0)	78 (49.7)	2 (1.3)	109 (69.4)	48 (30.6)

yrs—years.

(b)

Clinical; type	Isolate according to clinical type
	Microsporum audouinii (%)	Trichophyton rubrum (%)	Trichophyton mentagrophytes (%)	Trichophyton schoenleinii (%)	Epidermophyton floccosum (%)	Aspergillus fumigatus (%)	Aspergillus niger (%)	Penicillium (%)
Tinea capitis	44 (100.0)	25 (73.5)	17 (94.4)	10 (100.0)	—	14 (100.0)	10 (100.0)	18 (94.7)
Tinea faciei	—	2 (5.9)	1 (5.6)	—	2 (25.0)	—	—
Tinea corporis	—	4 (11.8)	—	—	1 (12.5)	—	—	1 (5.3)
Tinea manuum	—	1 (2.9)	—	—	—	—	—
Tinea unguium	—	2 (5.9)	—	—	5 (62.5)	—	—
Total	44	34	18	10	8	14	10	19