title: Epidemiology of dermatomycoses of humans in central Poland. Part I--Superficial infections caused by yeasts and moulds.
abstract: This work presents the epidemiology of dermatomycoses and their etiological agents of people living in the Lódź region, Central Poland, over the years 1987-1996. The analysis involved subjects referred by physicians to three major mycological laboratories in Lódź (covering the entire mycological diagnostics of the Lódź region). The study comprised a total of 25,737 persons aged 1-82. Positive results of mycological examinations were obtained for 14,084 (54.7%) patients. The total number of 14,295 positive mycological results included 6902 (48.3%) isolations of non-dermatophyte fungi. The non-dermatophytes included: Candida-like (69.8%), moulds (26.9%) and lipophilic yeasts (3.3%). The distribution of non-dermatophytes was characterized by dependence on sociodemographic features such as subjects' age, place of residence, education and occupation. Candida-like fungi are etiological factors of superficial infections of all clinical types whereas moulds were found to cause infections of finger and toe nails and periungual walls.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Clinic, Military Academy of Medicine, Medical University, Lódź, Poland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Seneczko
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lupa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeske
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Głowacka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ochecka-Szymańska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015003:Yeasts / Q000302:isolation & purification