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The spectrum of dermatophytes in northern Malawi (Africa)
Author(s) -
Pönnighaus J. M.,
Clayton Yvonne,
Warndorff D.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1996.tb00141.x
Subject(s) - epidermophyton floccosum , tinea capitis , population , dermatophyte , dermatology , medicine , geography , trichophyton rubrum , environmental health , antifungal
Summary. Between 1.5% and 2.5% of the population in Karonga District, northern Malawi (Africa), were diagnosed as having tinea faciei, corporis, inguinalis or cruris in the course of a total population survey carried out between 1987 and 1989. With regard to the relative frequency distribution of dermatophytes, the main findings were the rarity of Trichophyton rubrum (around 1%) and the predominance of Microsporum audouinii (57%) in this part of Africa. In the genital area Epidermophyton floccosum was the most common isolate (56%). Zusammenfassung. Bei einer Durchuntersuchung der Bevölkerung des Karonga Distriktes in Nord‐Malawi (Afrika) wurden 1987–89 bei zwischen 1.5% und 2.5% der Menschen eine Tinea faciei, corporis, inguinalis oder cruris diagnostiziert. Im Hinblick auf das Dermatophytenspektrum fielen die Seltenheit von Trichophyton rubrum (nur etwa 1% der Isolate) und das Vorherrschen von Microsporum audouinii (57% der Isolate) in diesem Teil Afrikas auf. Im Genitalbereich war Epidermophyton floccosum der am häufigsten isolierte Dermatophyt (56%).