Anew record of Trichophyton gourvilii Catanei , the etiological agent of tinea pedis in Iraq .

Abstract

Skin scrapings collected from (190) patients attending the Dermatology Clinic at Al-Zubair general hospital and some clinical laboratories in Al-Zubair city , Basrah , Iraq during June 2003 to November 2004 . were surveyed for the prescence of dermatophytes. Direct microscopical examination was carried out with 15% KOH preparation , and cultures were performed in petri dishes on Sabouraud`s Dextrose Agar with Cycloheximide and Chloramphenicol . Among the 190 samples only one case was assigned to tinea pedis in a 15-year-old girl . The causal agent was identified as Trichophyton gourvilii Catanei . The fungus is described and illustrated . Characteristics of the species are compared with the related species of Trichophyton . The reported species is newly recorded in Iraq