[Epidemiology, etiology and clinical presentation of dermatophytosis in Pernambuco, 1995-2005].
Out of a total of 1,238 cases of dermatophytosis in the city of Recife (Pernambuco), lesions of the scalp (33.7%) and Trichophyton tonsurans (25.5%) predominated between 1995 and 2000, while lesions of the hairless skin (35.5%) and Trichophyton rubrum (34%) were the most frequent between 2000 and 2005. A significant reduction in Trichophyton mentagrophytes was detected in the second of these periods.
Damázio
Paula Maria Rodrigues de Barros Corrêa
PM
Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE.
Lacerda
Heloisa Ramos
HR
Lacerda Filho
Armando Marsden
AM
Magalhães
Oliane Maria Correia
OM
Neves
Rejane Pereira
RP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004821:Epidermophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008864:Microsporum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification*