Modified Tinea Corporis Score (mTCS) Versus Tinea Corporis Score (TCS): A Comparative, Noninterventional Validation Study.

IF 4.1 2区医学 Q1 DERMATOLOGY

Mycoses Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1111/myc.70018

Sajahan Nihaa-Jabeen, Papishetty Prathyusha, Santhebachalli Gurumurthy Chethana, Padubidri Kombettu Ashwini, Shankar Bharathi Ashwini, Shastry Veeranna, Garehatty Rudrappa Kanthraj

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Abstract

Background: Tinea corporis (TC) is a common fungal infection affecting 20%-25% of the global population. Though diagnosing TC is straightforward, treatment has become challenging due to the use of certain medications and lack of follow-up, leading to resistance. Andrea et al. proposed Tinea Corporis Score (TCS) to assess and provide follow-up care for TC. However, double tracing was its limitation. We proposed modified Tinea Corporis Score (mTCS) to overcome this limitation.

Aims and objectives: To compare mTCS with TCS and validate it.

Methodology: A comparative, noninterventional validation study was conducted over 18 months at the Department of Dermatology, JSS Hospital, JSSAHER. 140 out of the initially enrolled 182 patients were included. The Researchers 1 and 2 measured the area of involvement by mTCS and TCS, respectively, during baseline and follow-up.

Results: There was a significant difference in the mean areas calculated (mTCSTCS) (p value < 0.05). Both methods showed a positive correlation. However, mTCS was found to be less time-consuming (p value < 0.05) than TCS.

Conclusion: Both mTCS and TCS had a positive correlation and were found to be equally effective. However, mTCS took significantly less time, while overcoming tracing errors by measuring direct capture of preset grid images suggesting it to be a better alternative. These findings validate mTCS over TCS for better and faster evaluation of TC for good follow-up care and patient-tailored treatment.

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改良体癣评分（mTCS）与体癣评分（TCS）：一项比较、非干预性验证研究。

背景：体癣（Tinea corporis， TC）是一种常见的真菌感染，影响全球20%-25%的人口。虽然诊断TC很简单，但由于使用某些药物和缺乏随访，治疗变得具有挑战性，导致耐药性。Andrea等人提出了体癣评分（TCS）来评估体癣并提供后续护理。然而，双重追踪是它的局限性。我们提出了改进的体癣评分（mTCS）来克服这一局限性。目的与目的：比较mTCS与TCS并验证其有效性。方法：在JSSAHER JSS医院皮肤科进行了一项为期18个月的非介入性验证研究。最初纳入的182名患者中有140人被纳入研究。研究人员1和2分别在基线和随访期间测量了mTCS和TCS的受累面积。结果：两组患者的平均计算面积（mTCSTCS）差异有统计学意义（p值）。结论：mTCS与TCS呈正相关，两者疗效相同。然而，mTCS花费的时间明显更少，同时通过测量直接捕获预设网格图像来克服跟踪误差，这表明它是一个更好的选择。这些发现证实了mTCS比TCS更好、更快地评估TC，以获得良好的随访护理和针对患者的治疗。

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Mycoses 医学-皮肤病学

CiteScore

10.00

自引率

8.20%

发文量

143

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal Mycoses provides an international forum for original papers in English on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, therapy, prophylaxis, and epidemiology of fungal infectious diseases in humans as well as on the biology of pathogenic fungi. Medical mycology as part of medical microbiology is advancing rapidly. Effective therapeutic strategies are already available in chemotherapy and are being further developed. Their application requires reliable laboratory diagnostic techniques, which, in turn, result from mycological basic research. Opportunistic mycoses vary greatly in their clinical and pathological symptoms, because the underlying disease of a patient at risk decisively determines their symptomatology and progress. The journal Mycoses is therefore of interest to scientists in fundamental mycological research, mycological laboratory diagnosticians and clinicians interested in fungal infections.