TY - JOUR JF - RJMS JO - RJMS VL - 8 IS - 26 PY - 2002 Y1 - 2002/3/01 TI - PREVALANCE RATE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF YEAST INFECTION IN PATIENTS VISITING THE DERMATOLOGY CLINIC OF HAZRAT RASUL-E AKRAM HOSPITAL TT - بررسی انواع عفونتهای قارچی در بیماران مراجعه کننده به درمانگاه پوست مجتمع آموزشی درمانی حضرت رسول اکرم (ص) N2 -  The purpose of this investigation was to survey the epidemiological and other contributing factors on the establishment of fungal infections among patients visiting Hazrat Rasul-e Akram Hospital in Tehran. Five hundred patients suspected of having fungal skin infections were referred to the mycology lab and the specific fungal etiology was determined by both culture methods as well as slide culture observation.  We were able to isolate a total of 253 fungi which included 51.4% dermatophytes, 20.1% Erythrasma, 18.6% candidiasis, 8.3% pityriasis versicolor and 1.6% nail Aspergillus.   Dermatophytes consisted the most common etiologic agent ( Χ 2 =185, P SP - 466 EP - 470 AU - Tabatabai, A AU - Poureslami, M AU - Shamshiri, A.R AU - Moshir, M AD - KW - 1) Dermatomycoses 2) Tinea 3) Tricophyton 4) Prevalence UR - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-363-en.html ER -