Distribution of Species of Dermatophyte Among Patients at a Dermatology Centre of Nghean Province, Vietnam, 2015-2016.

Introduction: Vietnam is a tropical country so fungal diseases including dermatophytosis may be prevalent, but epidemiological profiles of agents responsible for the infection have rarely been reported.

Objective: To find out the distribution of dermatophytes among patients living in a central province of Vietnam.

Methods: We examined dermatophyte infections in patients with lesions suspected of dermatophytosis referred to the Nghean provincial leprosy and dermatology centre from August 2015 to August 2016.

WT1 expression distinguishes astrocytic tumor cells from normal and reactive astrocytes.

Particularly in small brain biopsies, it might be difficult to distinguish reactive astrogliosis from low-grade or infiltration zones of high-grade astrocytomas. So far no immunohistochemical marker allows a reliable distinction. Recently, the over-expression of Wilms' tumor gene product WT1 was reported in astrocytic tumor cells.