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DERMATOPHYTOSIS IN HONG KONG
Author(s) -
WONG K. O.,
CHAN Y. F.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1968.tb12301.x
Subject(s) - buttocks , medicine , dermatology , perineum , prurigo , tinea capitis , trichophyton rubrum , skin infection , surgery , biology , staphylococcus aureus , antifungal , genetics , bacteria
SUMMARY. During the 2 years 1965–66 1285 cases of mycologically proven dermatophytosis were seen in the Government Dermatological Clinics in Hong Kong. Tinea cruris and corporis were the commonest forms of infection and T. rubrum was the species isolated in 63·7% of cases. T. rubrum infections were unusual in children, and when they occurred were most often seen in infants, in whom the infection runs an acute inflammatory course and responds readily to treatment. In chronic infection in adults lichenification or nodular prurigo are sometimes associated. T. rubrum infection of the groins very frequently spreads to involve perineum and buttocks.