Detection of fungi that causes foot ulcer for diabetes patients

This research was carried out for the purpose of isolation and identification of fungi. Isolation of diabetic patients with foot ulcers using various detection methods, including direct examination and laboratory culture. 30 foot ulcers were collected from diabetic patients at AL-Hashimiya General Hospital in Babylon during the period from January 2024 to March 2024. The percentage of women and men was as follows: women (17) 15 (62.5%) infected, 2 (33.33%) uninfected, and men (13) 9 (37.5%) infected, 4 (66,%) 67) uninfected infected between the ages of 15-70. This study found that the rate of fungal infection was higher in women than in men and was more common in patients between the ages of 20 and 68. When culturing samples of Sabouroud dextrose agar (SDA) and potato dextrose agar secondary media (PDA), the results showed the presence of 24 isolates among them: - 10 (41.67%) Candida spp., 8 (33.33%) Alternaria spp. 6 (25%) of Rhodatorula spp. Based on this result, Candida spp. is the most frequently an isolated species from other isolates such as Alternaria spp. Rhodatorula spp.