Dermatophytosis among Elementary School Students in Jatinangor West Java
Abstract: Dermatophytosis is a
common skin disease in tropical countries. In Indonesia, the incidence of
dermatophytosis is quite high. Epidemiological studies showed that prevalence
of dermatophytosis in children were higher than in adults. The aim of this
study was to identify dermatophytosis cases among elementary school students in
Jatinangor West Java.
Methods: A descriptive study was carried out, involving 391 students aged
6–16 years from four elementary schools in Jatinangor West Java, who were
selected by multi-stage sampling method. Six classes were chosen from each
school. In every class, students were chosen to obtain the minimum number of
samples. The inclusion criteria was elementary school students who were willing
to participate in this study. The exclusion criteria were students who did not
attend school at the time when the study wasperformed. The study’s procedure
consisted of six steps i.e. preparation, interview, screening, physical
examination, specimen collection and microscopic examination. The collected
data was processed by calculating the frequency and percentage.
Results: The study discovered that out of 391 students, 197 suffered from
non specific skin lesions. After confirmed by a dermatologist, three students were
suspected to have dematophytosis lesion. From microscopical examinations by a
microbiologist, two students had positive dermatophyte hyphae. The number of
dermatophytosis cases in elementary school students, in Jatinangor was 0.5%
(2/391).
Conclusions: The incidence of dermatophytosis cases in this study is
relatively low compared with other studies. Clinical features are tinea
corporis. Both patients with positive dermatophyte hyphae are ten -year -old
females.
Keywords: Dermatophytosis,
elementary school students, tinea corporis
Author: Dwi Bandang Saskia,
Lies Marlysa Ramali, Ramlan Sadeli
Journal Code: jpkedokterangg160253
