Prevalence of Dermatophytosis and Antifungal Activity of Ethanolic Crude Leaf Extract of Tetradenia riparia against Dermatophytes Isolated from Patients Attending Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Uganda

Table 2

Prevalence of dermatophytosis among patients attending Kampala International Hospital based on microscopic examination (KOH) according to age.

Age	No. of samples collected	Microscopy (KOH)		Culture n =49
		Positive, n (%)	Negative	Positive, n (%)	Negative
			n (%)		n (%)
1-10	3	3(100)	0 (0.00)	2(4.08)	1(2.04)
11-20	16	12(75.00)	4(25.00)	10(20.41)	2(4.08)
21-30	20	13(75.00)	7(35.00)	7(14.29)	6(12.24)
31-40	26	13(50.00)	13(50.00)	8(16.33)	5(10.20)
41-50	16	6(37.5)	10(62.5)	1(2.04)	5(10.20)
51-60	9	1(11.11)	8(88.89)	0(0.00)	1(2.04)
>60	10	1(10.00)	9(90.00)	0(0.00)	1(2.04)
Total	100	49(49)	51 (51)	28 (57.14)	21 (42.86)
		95CI: 0.3930-0.5876		95CI: 0.1987-0.3739

Key: Microscopic results were statistically significant for age group using chi-square, p = 0.001, CI: confidence interval.