title: Onychomycosis in Northern Greece during 1994-1998.
abstract: In the 5-year period 1994-1998, 13957 patients were examined in the Mycological Laboratory of the State Hospital for Skin and Venereal Diseases, in Thessaloniki, Greece. Of the 2766 patients presenting with onychomycoses (20%), 67% were women and 33% were men. In the toenail infections, dermatophytes were most often isolated (72.3%), especially in women, followed by moulds (9.6%) and yeasts (2%); 16.1% of the infections were mixed. In the fingernail infections mostly yeasts were isolated (72%), especially in women, followed by dermatophytes (10%) and moulds (5.6%); 12.4% of the infections were mixed.
authors.affiliation: Mycological Laboratory, State Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. shsvd@otenet.gr
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koussidou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Devliotou-Panagiotidou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karakatsanis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minas
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mourellou
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Samara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003883:Arthrodermataceae; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015003:Yeasts