title: [Etiology of intertrigo in adults: A prospective study of 103 cases].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The etiologies of intertrigo in adults are numerous and different. The objective of our work was to study the epidemiological, clinical and the risk factors of intertrigo in adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a prospective study for a period of seven months in two Dermatology Units in Dakar (Senegal). All adults patient with intertrigo seen during this period who gave consent were included.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and three patients with intertrigo were diagnosed with a hospital prevalence of 2.54%. The sex -ratio was 0.63 and the average age was 41. The study of habits and lifestyles of the patients found a history of intensive skin lightening, sport, wearing synthetic clothes and smoking in 26, 22, 20 and 22 cases, respectively. Infectious complications mainly bacterial (3.88%) and viral (1.94%) were reported in nine cases (8.7%). A dry erythroderma was noted in 3 cases (2.9%). It was found that the intertigo was commonly caused by fungal infections with a prevalence of 48.5% followed by immuno-allergic reactions with a prevalence of 34.9%, suppurative hidradenitis and inverse psoriasis with the same prevalence of 2.9%. Fifty-eight percent of cases with tinea and 63% of cases with candidiasis were women. Thirty-five percent of tinea cases and 45% of candidiasis cases were found to have a history of intensive skin lightening.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The cause of intertrigo in adults are mainly infectious, particularly fungi, infections and immuno-allergic diseases. There are predisposing factors and some professions are more at risk.
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Sénégal. Electronic address: maodo7ndiaye@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taleb
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Diatta
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, institut d'hygiène et social, université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diop
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diadie
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Seck
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, institut d'hygiène et social, université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Niang
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, institut d'hygiène et social, université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ly
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Dieng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007402:Intertrigo / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology; D014005:Tinea / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Dakar; Etiology; Fungi infections; Intertrigo; Mycose; Étiologies