title: [Dermatophytes isolated in Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (Madrid, Spain).].
abstract: Over a 10 year period (January 1988 - December 1997), 3,241 dermatophyte strains were isolated from 18,465 specimens from patients in whom dermatophytosis was suspected clinically. This represents a 17.5% rate of isolation. Trichophyton rubrum (38.44%), Microsporum canis (28.75%), Epidermophyton floccosum (14.5%) and Trichophyton mentagrophytes (13.5%) were the dominant species, and Trichophyton tonsurans (2.09%) has emerged, whilst in the previous decade it had virtually disappeared. Our study is basically based on an out-patient selected population, and tinea corporis (30.79%), followed by tinea cruris (16.69%) and tinea unguium (16.69%) were the most prevalent clinical forms.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. apalacioh.hdoc@salud.madrid.org.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Del Palacio
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cuétara
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authors.lastname: Valle
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González
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authors.lastname: Almondarain
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authors.lastname: Ramos Castillo
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authors.lastname: Moran Vasallo
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authors.lastname: Pereiro Miguens