title: The spectrum of dermatophytes in northern Malawi (Africa).
abstract: Between 1.5% and 2.5% of the population in Karonga District, northern Malawi (Africa), were diagnosed as having tinea faciei, corporis, inguinalis or cruris in the course of a total population survey carried out between 1987 and 1989. With regard to the relative frequency distribution of dermatophytes, the main findings were the rarity of Trichophyton rubrum (around 1%) and the predominance of Microsporum audouinii (57%) in this part of Africa. In the genital area Epidermophyton floccosum was the most common isolate (56%).
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Hautklinik, Homburg, Germany.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pönnighaus
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Clayton
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Warndorff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003883:Arthrodermataceae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004821:Epidermophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008295:Malawi / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008864:Microsporum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification