| epidemiological trends of dermatophytoses and dermatophytes in jerusalem between 1954 and 1981. | data for dermatophyte infections analysed for five 3-year periods between 1954 to 1981 led to the following conclusions: tinea pedis, tinea cruris and tinea manuum showed an increase in the 50's and 60's and declined in the 70's; tinea unguium and tinea corporis showed an increase during the whole period; at all these sites, the percentage of trichophyton rubrum, the main etiologic agent, increased steadily over the periods while the percentage of trichophyton mentagrophytes, the secondary etiol ... | 1985 | 4010765 |
| a population-based study of toenail onychomycosis in israeli children. | onychomycosis is widespread in the adult population, but considered to be rare in children. a number of studies in recent years show a rise in the prevalence of toenail onychomycosis in children. of these, only a few were population-based. here, we present a comprehensive cross-sectional population-based survey of toenail onychomycosis in primary school children in israel. the survey included 1148 children, 598 boys, and 550 girls aged 5 to 14 from primary schools in the jerusalem vicinity. each ... | 2009 | 19250420 |