Browsing by Author "Calvache Jaramillo, Luis Miguel"
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Item Dermatofitos en suelos de parques y entidades educativas de la zona urbana y rural de Santiago de Cali, Colombia(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2022) Ordóñez Gordillo, Daniel Felipe; Calvache Jaramillo, Luis MiguelDermatophyte fungi are pathogenic for humans and animals, generating a public health and veterinary problem at local, national, and international levels, especially affecting children in tropical areas. This study determined the presence of dermatophyte fungi in soils of parks, schools, and kindergartens in rural and urban areas of the city of Santiago de Cali, Colombia. The hair bait technique by Vanbreuseghem was used for this study. A total of 270 soil samples were analyzed, 218 from the urban area and fifty-two from the rural area of the city of Santiago de Cali: 152 corresponded to parks and 118 to educational institutions. Of the samples analyzed, only one dermatophyte fungus was found, the Nannizia gypsea complex, with 141 positive samples corresponding to 52.2%. In the urban area 114/218 (52.3%) and the rural area 27/52 (51.9%) were positive for this fungus, without finding statistical differences between these two areas. In parks 94/152 (61.8%) and educational entities 47/118 (39.8%) were positive with a significant p value. Different physicochemical parameters of the soil were analyzed and only association of the presence of the dermatophyte fungus with pH was found. Other keratinolytic fungi found were Fusarium sp; Aspergillus sp; Chrysosporium sp. among others