Epidemiology of dermatomycoses of humans in Central Poland. Part II--Non-dermatophyte infections of nails and periungual walls.
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.
Seneczko
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Dermatology Clinic, Military Academy of Medicine, Medical University, Lódź, Poland.
Jeske
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Lupa
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Głowacka
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Ochecka-Szymańska
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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