title: Dermatophyte infections in Melbourne: Trends from 1961/64 to 2008/09.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To characterise the trends in dermatophyte isolation from specimens sourced from metropolitan Melbourne over a 48-year time period.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of submitted specimens from three time periods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Trends identified include: an increasing mean age of the patients; increased numbers of onychomycosis isolates; a significant age difference among patients with Trichophyton interdigitale isolates compared with patients who had other dermatophyte species; and an increasing number of previously rarely isolated imported dermatophytes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Significant shifts are occurring in dermatophyte epidemiology.
authors.affiliation: Melbourne Pathology, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. sue.coloe@mps.com.au
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coloe
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baird
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D003883:Arthrodermataceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult