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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2004, p. 4838-4839, Vol. 42, No. 10
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4838-4839.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Clinical Benefit of Recovering Dermatophytes from Skin Swabs Sent for Bacterial Culture

Gillian Mabbott, Jocelyn Smith, and Arthur J. Morris*

Department of Microbiology, Diagnostic Medlab, Auckland, New Zealand

Received 13 April 2004/ Returned for modification 13 June 2004/ Accepted 18 June 2004

We incubated Sabouraud dextrose agar plates to recover dermatophytes from skin swabs sent for bacterial culture. Dermatophytes were recovered from 66 (0.3%) of 22,613 cultures. Twenty-one patients received specific antifungal treatment when their dermatophyte was reported. Most clinicians thought recovering and reporting the dermatophyte contributed to patient management.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Microbiology Laboratory, Diagnostic Medlab, P.O. Box 14 743, Panmure, Auckland 1006, New Zealand. Phone: (649) 571-4093. Fax: (649) 571-4091. E-mail: amorris{at}dml.co.nz.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2004, p. 4838-4839, Vol. 42, No. 10
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4838-4839.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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