Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Superficial Fungal Infections in Toukh Primary Health Care Centre

Abstract

ungal skin infections has become a significant problem. Therefore accurate diagnosis and treatment of the active disease as well as the reduction of the re-infection by continued screening, follow up of relatives, treating asymptomatic carriers and disinfecting their environment is mandatory. The study was conducted to determine the frequency of superficial cutaneous fungal infections in Toukh City and to identify the risk factors underlying superficial cutaneous fungal infections. Our study investigated the prevalence of SFIs in Toukh Primary Health Care Center, four hundreds and twenty study participants were examined for presence of fungus infection of glabrous skin, hair and nails. All participants completed a questionnaire to estimate their knowledge about SFIs and to record presence of risk factors for SFIs.