Isolation and Identification of Fungi That Cause Hair Loss (Alopecia)

Abstract

Due to the crowded number of female students in a very narrow place, the fact that the college is for females only, and the fact that some of the female students live in the internal sections of the student residence, as well as the crowded number there, and as a result of the presence of the head covering or what is known as the Islamic veil on the head, which covers the hair of the head, which provides a suitable hot humid atmosphere 100% of fungal growth in the scalp of female students. Therefore, it is necessary to know the widespread fungal species that contaminate the scalp. In other research, we learn about the antifungals that should be used to reduce fungal infections in college employees. The study was carried out to identify the presence and spread of fungi that cause hair loss. The study was conducted on some students of the College of Education for Girls/University of Shatra for the period from 1/11/2021 to 1/12/2021, where 100 hundred hair samples were collected from (the scalp) from different ages in different educational stages, as random samples were taken after asking the student whether she suffers from hair loss or not, and studying the presence and spread of fungi in terms of density and type, after transferring them to the microbiology laboratory - College of Edu cation for Girls using sterile sample collection bags. The current results showed that the fungal species E. flocculosum is the most common among them, followed by the fungal species C. carrionii , then the rest of the genera are as fol lows: E. flocculosum , Basisdioplus, Aspergillus terreud Hormderndrum Rhodotorula, Bip o laris , Aspergillus , Phoma , Rhizopus , Blastomyces , Mi c rosporum , Sporothrix , Exophiala jeanselmei , Neoscytalidium Aeremonium Cladophialophora carrionii , Paecilomyces , Exophiala dermatitidis , Geotrichum , Volvariella , Rhiz o mucor , Saksmaea vassiformis , Candida albicans , Chrysosporium , Dimiatum .