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Dermatomycoses in the Rijeka area, Croatia, before, during and after the war 1990–1999
Author(s) -
Brajac Ines,
PrpicMassari L.,
StojnicSosa L.,
Gruber F.
Publication year - 2003
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.1439-0507.2003.00862.x
Subject(s) - epidermophyton floccosum , microsporum canis , microsporum gypseum , trichophyton rubrum , period (music) , population , canis , trichophyton , veterinary medicine , biology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , art , ecology , antifungal , environmental health , aesthetics
Summary The frequency of dermatomycoses as well as the spectrum of causative agents in the Rijeka area, northwestern part of Croatia, in the periods before and during the war (1990–1994) and in the postwar period (1995–1999) were analyzed. A total of 20 463 patients with clinically suspected dermatomycoses referred to the Department of Dermatovenerology, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, was examined. In the period from 1990 till 1994, 2462 samples were positive, compared with 2250 positive samples during the period from 1995 to 1999. The most frequently isolated dermatophytes were in both periods Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum canis , followed by Microsporum gypseum , Epidermophyton floccosum , Trichophyton verrucosum and in the first period T. rubrum . An intensive change in composition of the flora was observed in the postwar period, mainly connected to the migration of population from other regions to the Rijeka area. This was demonstrated by a disappearance of T. verrucosum and T. rubrum and by an eruptive occurrence of Trichophyton violaceum . This antropophilic species became third representative in the postwar period, followed by M. gypseum , and E. floccosum . Our data were compared with those obtained in the same area in previous studies, and with results obtained in other countries.