Incidence of dermatophytes and cyclohexamide resistant fungi on healthy children hairs and nails in nurseries.

In order to estimate the prevalence of dermatophytes and other fungi on healthy children hairs and nails, 92 hair samples and 85 nail samples (groups of 10 finger nails from each child) were collected from 5 nurseries (children aged 9 months up to 4 years) in Assiut city. From hair samples 22 species were collected, Trichophyton (2 species) and Microsporum (2 species) were the only recovered dermatophytes in addition to well known keratinophilic genus Chrysosporium (4 species). From nail samples, 18 species were identified, Trichophyton was represented by 4 species, Microsporum, 2 species and Chrysosporium, 4 species.

Keratinolytic fungi in Egyptian soils. I. Baited with hair and wool.

150 soil samples were collected, 90 from Nile Valley and Delta, 36 from desert and 24 from salt marshes. Human, buffalo and cow hair and sheep wool were used as baits at three incubation temperatures. Forty-four species which belong to twenty-one genera at 27 degrees C and forty-two which belong to twenty-two genera at 37 degrees C were collected.

Fungistatic action of natural oils and fatty acids on dermatophytic and saprophytic fungi.

Testing the inhibitory effects of some natural oils and fatty acids on growth of some of the dermatophytes revealed the high fungistatic effects of clove and peppermint oils. These oils when applied at 1% concentration with 1% tween 80 inhibited growth of the tested fungi seriously. Fatty acids were relatively uneffective and the possibility of including clove and peppermint oils in antidermatophytic drugs were suggested.

Fungi in two swimming pools in Assiut town, Egypt.

50 water samples from 2 public swimming pools were tested for the presence of fungi using the hair baiting technique and plate count methods. Sabouraud's-dextrose agar and Littman-oxgall agar media were used for isolation of the fungi. Of the keratinolytic fungi 8 species were recorded of which three species were dermatophytes (Trichophyton terrestre, 14% of the samples; T.

Keratinolytic fungi in Egyptian soils.

The frequency of occurrence of keratinolytic fungi in seventy soil samples collected from different sites in Upper Egypt and in the coastal area of the Mediterranean and baited with human and animal hair and pigeon feathers was determined. Twenty-one species in addition to an unidentified species, which belong to sixteen genera were collected. Chrysosporium indicum, B.