Dermatomycosis frequency and localization sites

Med Arch. 2015 Feb;69(1):58-9. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2015.69.58-59. Epub 2015 Feb 21.

Abstract

Introduction: Since the prevalence of skin mycotic infections is changing and is area depended we aimed to analyze the frequency of the skin myocotic infections and the appearance sites.

Material and methods: There were involved 560 patients referred to the Dermatology Clinic of University Clinical Center of Kosova during a period of one year.

Results: The mean age of our study group was around thirties with a predominance of female and rural patients. Although most of cases presented with single site disease localization, we observed the increase in number of cases with more than one site localization with age.

Conclusion: The increased prevalence skin mycotic infections, as well as more than one place of localization deserve a multidimensional approach.

Keywords: infection; mycotic.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina / epidemiology
  • Dermatomycoses / epidemiology
  • Dermatomycoses / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Rural Population / statistics & numerical data*