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Dermatophytes from the Soil of West Bengal [India]
Author(s) -
Shome S.K.,
Shome Usha
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/ijd.1965.4.1.16
Subject(s) - west bengal , veterinary medicine , medicine , dermatophyte , bengal , microsporum gypseum , trichophyton , geography , dermatology , socioeconomics , archaeology , antifungal , sociology , bay
Summary The authors report the results of screening for dermatophytes soil samples from diverse localities of West Bengal (India). Seventy per cent of these soil samples proved positive; samples obtained from all the diverse localities, except from a pond bank, gave positive results. Nineteen strains of dermatophytes, comprising 11 strains of M. gypseum and eight of T. mentagrophytes , were isolated. Both dermatophytes were present in five samples.