title: Dermatophytoses in the Gdańsk area, Poland: a 12-year survey.
abstract: A survey of dermatophytes and dermatophytoses was carried out among patients of the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Gdańsk, in the years 1984-95. Over the 12-year period, 1195 cases of ringworm were seen: 55% in men and 45% in women. Listing the dermatophytes isolated and their frequencies as a percentage of the total are as follows: Trichophyton mentagrophytes 42.1%, Microsporum canis 26.0%, Trichophyton rubrum 14.7%, Epidermophyton floccosum 11.0%, Trichophyton tonsurans 4.6%, Trichophyton verrucosum 1.3%, Trichophyton violaceum 0.3%. The most common clinical variant of dermatophytosis in the Gdańsk area was tinea cutis glabrae (32.9%), followed by tinea pedis (24%), onychomycosis (16.5%), tinea capitis (11.9%)), tinea inguinalis (10.3%) and tinea manuum (4.4%). Dermatophytoses were significantly more frequent among adults (> 15 years) (71.3%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nowicki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004821:Epidermophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008864:Microsporum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification