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Abstract

Fungi have a major health problem especially dermatophytes for their ability to attack the keratinized tissue of humans such as skin and their accessory (nails and hair). This study aimed to isolate the fungi from clinical and various environmental site. A total of 58 samples, involve 38 samples clinical infections from patients at Women's & Children's Hospital and Al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in the city of Samawah, while 20 samples include various environmental samples. After collection, the samples were transferred to the laboratory for screening via KOH (10%) and identification depending on phenotypic identification and microscopical examination after using lacto-phenol cotton blue. The results represent that most common clinical isolate was Candida spp (73%) followed by Tricophyton spp. (24%) and then Aspergillus spp. (2%) while the most common environmental isolates also Candida spp (33%) followed by Aspergillus spp (27%), Alternaria alternate (20%), Mucor spp (13%), and Rhizopus spp. (7%). The study concludes that prevalence of fungal infections continues to increase in critically hospitalization patients. It was representing that Candida species was the most common infection in the oral cavity of patients especially in children females, while Trichophyton species fungus was most common superficial skin infections in males. Concerned with environmental sources, a large number of fungi in the environment those have the ability to cause human disease. The fungi isolates of floor dust group were the largest number with the proportion compared with walls, while air the lowest isolation rate.

Keywords

Clinical sources, Environmental sources, Fungi, Phenotypic identification

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