title: Epidemiology of dermatomycoses of humans in Central Poland. Part II--Non-dermatophyte infections of nails and periungual walls.
abstract: This study presents the epidemiology of dermatomycoses and their etiological agents of people living in the Lódź region, Central Poland, over the years 1987-1996. The study comprised a total of 25,737 patients. Positive mycological results were obtained for 14,084 patients (54.7%). The total number of 14,295 of positive mycological results included 6902 (48.3%) isolations of non-dermatophyte fungi. Among these positive results, isolations from subjects with infections of nails and periungual walls amounted to 2034 (29.5%). Candida albicans (59.9%) and Aspergillus sp. (17.3%) were major etiological factors of those infections. The decade in question was marked by a steady growth in incidence of the infections studied, especially over the years 1994-1996.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Clinic, Military Academy of Medicine, Medical University, Lódź, Poland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Seneczko
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeske
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lupa
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; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology