[Comparative evaluation of the isolation of dermatophytes by direct laboratory evidence and MSDA with MDTM culture media].

In this study, the hair, skin and nail examples taken from 225 patients suspected dermatophytoses clinically were investigated with direct microscopic examination and cultivated methods. Direct microscopic examination were positive in 135 examples (60%) and dermatophytes were isolated from 109 samples (48.4%). In the isolation of dermatophytes, the effectiveness of modified Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (mSDA) was 93.5% (102/109) and the effectiveness of modified Dermatophyte Test Medium (mDTM) was 95.4% (104/109). It was detected that there were no significant difference between these media for the isolation rate.