Incidence of Dermatophytes in the Dermatological Clinic of Gifu University School of Medicine from 1979 to 1984

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  • 最近5年間(昭和54年∼58年)の岐阜大学皮膚科における白癬菌相

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The incidence and distribution of dermatophytosis in the Dermatological Clinic of Gifu University Hospital from 1979 to 1984 were studied. A total of 1,836 patients with dermatophytosis were studied. The incidence of subjects to all outpatients was 9.9%. There were 17 with tinea capitis, 183 with tinea corporis, 251 with tinea cruris, 967 with tinea pedis, 141 with tinea manus, 270 with tinea unguium, 2 with sycosis parasitaria and 6 with kerion celsi. The majority of the isolated dermatophytes was 787 strains of T. rubrum (77.5%). In addition, 193 strains of T. mentagrophytes (19.0%), 12 of E. floccosum (1.2%), 11 of M. cains (1.1%), 6 of T. violaceum (0.6%), 4 strains of M. gypseum (0.4%), a strain of T. verrucosum (0.1%) and a strain of unidentified dermatophyte were also isolated. The incidences of T. rubrum and T. mentagrophytes were 68.4% and 30.8% in tinea pedis, 87.4% and 9.7% in tinea unguium, 92.3% and 3.6% in tinea cruris, respectively. The ratio of T. rubrum to T. mentagrophytes was 4.1:1.

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