Open AccessFungal lesions of the nail plate in patients from the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship - analysis and discussion of the results of studies carried out in 2014 - 2019
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medycyna doświadczalna i mikrobiologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2545-2517
pISSN - 0025-8601
DOI - 10.32394/mdm.72.05
Subject(s) - trichophyton rubrum , trichophyton , candida parapsilosis , candida albicans , nail (fastener) , incidence (geometry) , etiology , dermatology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , dermatophyte , biology , pathology , antifungal , materials science , physics , optics , metallurgy
The aim of the study was to analyze the results of mycological cultures obtained in the years 2014-2019. The study included an analysis of the incidence of mycosis with regard to their location, as well as the proportion of individual etiological factors in the infection.Methods: The study included materials from 999 patients who gave a total of 1103 cultures. The material was taken directly from the material and mycological cultures were established.Results: Positive results accounted for 35,8%. Trichophyton rubrum (44.2%) was the most common etiologic agent of dermatophytes. Among the yeast-like fungi, Candida albicans (8.8%) and Candida parapsilosis (7,6%) were the most common.Conclusions: Infectious lesions were mainly caused by dermatophytes, where Trichophyton rubrum and Trichophyton mentagrophytes dominated.