[Epidemiology, etiology and clinical presentation of dermatophytosis in Pernambuco, 1995-2005]

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2007 Jul-Aug;40(4):484-6. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822007000400024.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

Out of a total of 1,238 cases of dermatophytosis in the city of Recife (Pernambuco), lesions of the scalp (33.7%) and Trichophyton tonsurans (25.5%) predominated between 1995 and 2000, while lesions of the hairless skin (35.5%) and Trichophyton rubrum (34%) were the most frequent between 2000 and 2005. A significant reduction in Trichophyton mentagrophytes was detected in the second of these periods.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dermatomycoses / classification
  • Dermatomycoses / epidemiology*
  • Dermatomycoses / microbiology*
  • Epidermophyton / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Microsporum / isolation & purification*
  • Middle Aged
  • Sex Distribution
  • Trichophyton / isolation & purification*