PMID: 2486270Aug 1, 1989Paper

Isolation of human pathogenic fungi from barbers' shop of Chhindwara (MP): a preliminary study

Hindustan Antibiotics Bulletin
M K Rai, S Upadhyay

Abstract

Isolation of human pathogenic fungi was made from the barbers' shops of Chhindwara. Trichophyton mentagrophytes showed highest percentage of occurrence (30%), followed by Trichophyton rubrum (26%) and Aspergillus fumigatus (18%) whereas, the lowest relative density was exhibited by Aspergillus niger and a hyphomycetous fungus (2%).

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