title: [Tinea manuum. Epidemiological and mycological data on 366 cases].
abstract: Epidemiological an mycological data of a 30 years long study on 366 cases of tinea manuum. A sudden raise on the last five years (249 cases). The mycosis is caused by T. rubrum (86%), mostly affects men (70%) among 11 and 40 years of age, on one hand (61%) and seldom both (21%). The course last 2 years in average. The KOH examination confirms the diagnosis (93.5%).
authors.affiliation: Centro Dermatológico Pascua, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arenas
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014005:Tinea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification
vernacular_title: Tinea manuum. Datos epidemiológicos y micológicos de 366 casos.