Clinical and Investigative Report
A New Medium Containing 5-Fluorocytosine for Isolation of Dermatophytes
1983 Volume 45 Issue 3 Pages 403-407
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1983 Volume 45 Issue 3 Pages 403-407
A new isolation medium for dermatophytes, composed of 10g of phyton pepton, 20g of glucose, 10g of agar, 0.5g of 5-fluorocytocine, 80mg of gentamicin sulfate and 1 liter of distilled water, was clinically tested. In a series of cultures of skin scales, dermatophyte isolates obtained from 365 out of 473 patients were tested. There were also 74 cases of no growth and 24 and 10 cases of saprophytic fungal and bacterial contaminations, respectively. The new medium resulted in a more satistactory isolation rate and more rapid growth of dermatophytes than did Sabouraud dextrose agar and the chromo-production of Trichophyton rubrum in the former medium was more rapid than that in the dextrose agar.
