A CASE STUDY OF TINEA PEDIS, AMONG NIGERIAN SOLDIERS IN ENUGU STATE

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Tinea pedis, a fungal infection of the feet, especially within the

toe webs and soles was studied using 40 soldiers (20men and

20women) as a case study. This infection is related to footwear

having been considered to be a new dermatophytoses. The

soldiers have the toe webs and soles cleaned with alcohol or

sterile water and the lesions scrapped with sterile scalpel and

placed between two glass slides with a drop of 10-20% kOH and

then viewed under microscope. Branched hyphae and

arthroconidia formation showed the presence of Tinea pedis. The

result showed that 10men(25%) only were afflicted while the

women were free. It is believed that more continuance wearing of

shoes were a risk factor.

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A CASE STUDY OF TINEA PEDIS, AMONG NIGERIAN SOLDIERS IN ENUGU STATE

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