Epidemiologia, etiologia e formas clínicas das dermatofitoses em Pernambuco, 1995-2005 Epidemiology, etiology and clinical presentation of dermatophytosis in Pernambuco, 1995-2005

Autor: Paula Maria Rodrigues de Barros Corrêa Damázio, Heloisa Ramos Lacerda, Armando Marsden Lacerda Filho, Oliane Maria Correia Magalhães, Rejane Pereira Neves
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 40, Iss 4, Pp 484-486 (2007)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0037-8682
1678-9849
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822007000400024
Popis: Num total de 1.238 casos de dermatofitoses, ocorridas na Cidade de Recife /PE, observou-se predomínio das tinhas de couro cabeludo (33,7%) e Trichophyton tonsurans (25,5%), entre 1995 e 1999, enquanto as tinhas de pele glabra (35,5%) e Trichophyton rubrum (34%) foram mais freqüentes entre 2000 e 2005. Detectou-se importante redução do Trichophyton mentagrophytes, no último período.Out of a total of 1,238 cases of dermatophytosis in the city of Recife (Pernambuco), lesions of the scalp (33.7%) and Trichophyton tonsurans (25.5%) predominated between 1995 and 2000, while lesions of the hairless skin (35.5%) and Trichophyton rubrum (34%) were the most frequent between 2000 and 2005. A significant reduction in Trichophyton mentagrophytes was detected in the second of these periods.
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