title: [Onychomycosis: clinical, epidemiological and mycological study in the municipality of São José do Rio Preto].
abstract: This was a clinical-epidemiological and mycological study on 184 patients at the university hospital: 200 samples, 142 positive samples, 98 yeasts and 68 filamentous fungi. Candida parapsilosis (47%) and Trichophyton rubrum (38%) were prevalent. They were 100% sensitive to ketoconazole and 99% sensitive to amphotericin B. The highest prevalences were among women (80%), adults (62%) and toes (84%).
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Microbiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima 5416, São José do Rio Preto, SP.
authors.forename: Edna Alves
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Letícia Vieira
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Guerrer
authors.forename: Keith Cássia
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Cunha
authors.forename: Márcia Maria Costa Nunes
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Margarete Teresa Gottardo
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: de Almeida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*