INCIDENCE AND COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF HYDRAULIC OIL AND TOPICAL ANTIFUNGAL CREAMS ON Tinea pedis AND ECZEMA
Adenugba, I.T, Akpainyang,N.U, Uko, E,A, Jones,A.M& Esu, Edidiong Michael
Department Of Science Technology
School of Applied Science, Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua
ABSTRACT
This study was aimed at the enumeration of the incidence rate of Tinea pedis and Eczema among the students, the isolation and identification of the fungal pathogens and the comparative the effects of the potency of hydraulic oil and antifungal creams against the fungal isolates. The hydraulic oil used here included Bx oil, Al oil and Ad oil while the antifungal creams were Tr creams, Gd cream and Sk cream. A total of twenty one (21) students with either Tinea pedis or eczema volunteered for this analysis. The significant different (p<0.05) was seen as the result showed that, of the eleven (11) female students five (5) (45.5%) had Tinea pedis while 6 (54.5%) had eczema and of the 10 male students 8 (80.0%) had Tinea pedis while 2 (20.0%) had eczema. Among the isolates identified included Trichophhyton sp, Microsporium sp and Aspergillus sp. Susceptibility result showed that the Bx oil sample was quite effective on all the fungal isolates while resistance was seen on the Ad and Al oil samples for all the isolates, the susceptibility of the antifungal creams on the isolates showed that all the isolates were sensitive to Tr and Sk cream while moderate sensitivity was seen for Gd cream. This analysis therefore shows that antifungal creams have a higher level of susceptibility on fungal isolates compared to hydraulic oil and so medical prescription of antifungal creams should be adhered to by patients for the prevention and treatment of Tinea pedis and Eczema.
Key Words: Incidence, Comparative effects, hydraulic oil and topical creams.
