title: Dermatophyte infections in patients attending a tertiary care hospital in northern Italy.
abstract: We studied dermatophyte infections in patients attending the Dermatology Outpatients Clinic of S. Matteo hospital Pavia, Italy, during the period 2004-2006. A total of 100 samples were collected from 95 patients; 97 dermatophytes and 3 keratinophylic fungi were isolated. Trichophyton rubrum was the most frequent dermatophyte isolated (42.3%), followed by Microsporum canis (31%), T. mentagrophytes (14.5%) and M. gypseum (9.2%). Less frequently isolated were Epidermophyton floccosum and T. violaceum. The most common dermatophyte infections included tinea corporis, tinea pedis, tinea unguium, tinea capitis and tinea cruris. Zoophilic dermatophytes were most commonly recovered from children and adolescents with tinea capitis and tinea corporis. Anthropophilic species were identified mostly in adults with tinea pedis, tinea cruris and onychomycosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Morphological, Eidological and Clinical Sciences, Section of Microbiology, University of Pavia, Italy. sara.asticcioli@unipv.it
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asticcioli
authors.forename: Adriano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Silverio
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sacco
authors.forename: Ilaria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fusi
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vincenti
authors.forename: Egidio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Romero
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D003883:Arthrodermataceae / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009262:Nails / Q000382:microbiology; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology; D014005:Tinea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification