[Onychomycosis: clinical, epidemiological and mycological study in the municipality of São José do Rio Preto].
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%).
Martins
Edna Alves
EA
Laboratório de Microbiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima 5416, São José do Rio Preto, SP.
Guerrer
Letícia Vieira
LV
Cunha
Keith Cássia
KC
Soares
Márcia Maria Costa Nunes
MM
de Almeida
Margarete Teresa Gottardo
MT
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*