Tinea Pedis in children in Peshawar

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Azer Rashid
SNR Qadri
Shahid Jamal

Abstract

Tinea Pedis is an infrequent disease in children before the age of puberty. There are few epidemiologic and clinical data regarding cases of tinea pedis observed in children in Peshawar. We prespectively collected all cases of tinea pedis in children diagnosed during the years 1999 - 2000. Only those showing a positive result with potassium hydroxide preparation (KOH) were included in the study. We performed fungal culture in Sabouraud's agar in all cases to document the etiologic fungi. The clinical characteristics were investigated. Tinea pedis in children can occur more frequently than suspected. Our study shows strong association with family history and seasonal relationshiop with occurrence in summer in more than half of cases. The condition was more common in the lowere socio economic class of patients. 

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Rashid A, Qadri S, Jamal S. Tinea Pedis in children in Peshawar. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2011 Sep. 28 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];18(2). Available from: https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/893
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