| dc.description.abstract | Introduction. Dermatophytosis is a fungal infection that commonly occurs on
human skin, hair and nails. Objective. This study aims to determine the profile of
dermatophytosis and demographics at the Skin and Venereology Clinic, Prof.
Hospital. Dr. Chairuddin Panusunan Lubis University of North Sumatra in 2020-
2022. Method. This research is a retrospective descriptive study using data on
dermatophytosis patients from medical records at Prof. Hospital. Dr. Chairuddin
Panusunan Lubis University of North Sumatra in 2020-2022. Results and
Discussion. The results obtained from this study were that the most cases affected
by dermatophytosis were Tinea corporis with 41.9% of cases. In this study, there
were more female patients suffering from dermatophytosis than males with 61.3%
of cases. For treatment in this study, patients suffering from dermatophytosis mostly
consumed ketoconazole with 59.7% of cases. Patients suffering from
dermatophytosis with profession/occupation criteria are in the non-working group,
namely 33.9% of cases. Patients suffering from dermatophytosis according to the
most age criteria are adults aged 45-64 years with 40.3% of cases. Patients
suffering from dermatophytosis based on the affected location are in the inguinal
area with 37.1% of cases. Patients suffering from dermatophytosis based on the
criteria for DM comorbidities found the highest position. Conclusion. The most
common type of tinea infection in patients suffering from dermatophytosis is tinea
corporis, the most infected gender is women rather than men, the type of drug
consumed by dermatophytosis sufferers is ketoconazole. The profession most
infected is not working, then the age most affected by dermatophytosis is 45-64
years old, the location most infected is the groin area and the most dominant
comorbidity in dermatophytosis patients is DM. | en_US |
