title: [Isolation of dermatophytes from patients with a presumptive diagnosis of dermatophytosis].
abstract: Mycological tests were made in 212 patients who had lesions with clinical appearance of dermatophytic infection. The results show that the combined use of direct microscopy and culture helps to detect a larger number of dermatophytic conditions. The findings were the agent most connected with these kinds of mycosis, the most frequent clinical conditions, the lesions in more than one body areas and the most common species. The isolation of Trichophyton soudanense, an endemic species in Africa but considered very rare in Cuba, is reported.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Décalo Michelena
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moya Duque
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Daniel Simón
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fernández Andreu
mesh_terms: D000810:Angola / Q000208:ethnology; D003883:Arthrodermataceae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003462:Cuba / Q000453:epidemiology; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D014005:Tinea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: Aislamiento de dermatofitos en pacientes con diagnóstico presuntivo de dermatofitosis.