Isolasi dan Identifikasi Jamur Dermatofita dan NonDermatofita Pada Pekerja Kebersihan Di Salah SatuUniversitas Di Surabaya

Indonesia is a country with a tropical climate with high humidity. The high
humidity in Indonesia causes high cases of fungal infections. One of the factors that
cause fungal infection is work. Work that requires being in a humid area, can lead to
fungal infections. Fungal infections in humans can be divided into two, namely
dermatophytosis and non-dermatophytosis. Dermatophytosis is a superficial fungal
infection that attacks the keratinized part of the skin, nails and hair and is caused by 3
genera, namely Microsporum, Epidermophyton, and Trichophyton. While
non-dermatophytosis is a fungal infection of the outermost skin or this type of fungal
infection does not reach the keratinized tissue. Non-dermatophyte fungi include
Aspergillus sp., Malessezia furfur. Due to dermatophyte and non-dermatophyte fungal
infections, namely itching of the skin or earlobe. This study aims to isolate and identify
dermatophyte and non-dermatophyte fungi on cotton swabs of the feet of cleaning
workers at a university in Surabaya. The results of the swab were planted on SDA media
and then incubated for 7 days and then asked. The results obtained, that from 22
hygiene workers, 45.45% were positively infected with dertamophyte and
non-dermatophyte fungi, namely 1 sample was infected with dermatophyte fungi
(Trichophyton sp.), 1 sample was positive for non-dermatophyte fungal infection, namely
Malessizia fulfur, and the remaining 38 samples were infected. Aspergillus sp