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Epidemiology of dermatomycoses of humans in Central Poland. Part V. Tinea corporis
Author(s) -
Jeske J.,
Lupa S.,
Seneczko F.,
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.1439-0507.1999.00502.x
Subject(s) - microsporum canis , microsporum gypseum , dermatophyte , trichophyton , tinea capitis , epidermophyton floccosum , trichophyton tonsurans , microsporum , microbiology and biotechnology , trichophyton rubrum , dermatology , biology , medicine , antifungal
The total number of dermatophytoses (7393) included 2204 (29.8%) cases of tinea glabrosa. Etiological factors in descending order were: Microsporum canis (23.5%), Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. granulosum (21.6%), Trichophyton rubrum (17.8%), Trichophyton tonsurans (10.4%), Epidermophyton floccosum (7.7%), T. mentagrophytes var. quinckeanum (6.0%), Microsporum gypseum (5.3%), Trichophyton violaceum (3.7%), T. mentagrophytes var. interdigitale (2.3%), Microsporum equinum (0.7%), Trichophyton verrucosum (0.4%), Trichophyton spec. (0.4%), Microsporum cookei (0.14%). At present tinea glabrosa is dominant among all clinical forms of dermatophyte infections of skin and skin appendages in the Łódź region.