Dermatophytosis are caused by a closely related group of fungi, dermatophytes, that invades only superficial keratinized tissue. Laboratory diagnosis are usually performed with direct examination and cultivation. The examination can be done either at small laboratory or at reference laboratory. We had performed microscopic examination (10 percent KOH and Lactophenol cotton blue wet mount) and c…
The actiology of atopic dermatitis (AD) is still controversial and IgE mediated immediate type allergy is probably not the only mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of this chronic skin disease. In search of other possible mechanism of the pathogenesis, this study was conducted. Seventy seven patients included to the research and 55 clinically diagnosed as AD, while 22 patients with various o…
Dermatophytosis are caused by a closely related group of fungi, dermatophytes, that invades only superficial keratinized tissue. Laboratory diagnosis are usually performed with direct examination and cultivation. The examination can be done either at small laboratory or at reference laboratory. We had performed microscopic examination (10 percent KOH and Lactophenol cotton blue wet mount) and c…
Defence mechanism can be divided in two kinds of mechanism. The first is non specific and the second is specific mechanism. The first mechanism based on the non specific activities which mediated by macrophages and the second mechanism based on the activities of the immunocompetent cells and its effectors which consists of T cells, antibodies, cytokines and or interleukins. In nature there is s…