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Epidemiology of dermatomycoses of humans in Central Poland. Part III. Tinea pedis
Author(s) -
Lupa S.,
Seneczko F.,
Jeske J.,
Głowacka Anna,
OchęckaSzymańska Aldona
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1046/j.1439-0507.1999.00500.x
Subject(s) - trichophyton , dermatophyte , trichophyton rubrum , epidermophyton floccosum , trichophyton tonsurans , dermatology , medicine , incidence (geometry) , tinea capitis , antifungal , physics , optics
The total number of dermatophytoses (7393) included 2025 (27.4%) tinea pedis cases. Etiological factors in descending order by contribution were: Trichophyton rubrum (41.7%), Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. granulosum (30.9%), T. mentagrophytes var. interdigitale (10.0%), Epidermophyton floccosum (7.4%), T. mentagrophytes var. quinckeanum (6.9%), Trichophyton tonsurans (2.3%), Trichophyton spec.(0.4%), Trichophyton terrestre (0.2%), Trichophyton violaceum (0.1%). In the years 1987–93 the incidence of tinea pedis substantially increased over 1994–96. Today tinea pedis is second by incidence among all clinical forms of dermatophyte infections of skin and skin appendages in the Łódź region.