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THE PREVALENCE OF GEOPHILIC DERMATOPHYTES IN SOILS OF THE ILLAWARRA AREA OF NEW SOUTH WALES

One hundred and forty‐nine soil samples were collected from 27 suburbs within the Illawarra areas of New South Wales. Microsporum gypseum was isolated from 74.5%, Microsporum cookei from 56.4% and Keratinomyces ajelloi from 55.7% of soil samples. Two or more of these dermatophytes were simultaneously isolated from one soil sample on 93 occasions (62.4%). Trichophyton terrestre was not isolated, however Trichophyton mentagrophytes was isolated on two occasions, although repeat cultures of soil from the vicinity proved negative. No dermatophyte was isolated from only two of the 149 samples (1.3%) and Chrysosporium species were isolated from 22.2% of soils tested.