| [findings on dermatomycoses observed at the dermatologic clinic, university of pavia. a third pathology caused by trichophyton rubrum]. | from 1974 to 1988 t. rubrum have been isolated in 304 cases (27.8% of dermatophytes) in the department of dermatology in pavia and it is the second most frequent fungus after m. canis. males are more frequently affected (61.1%) than females (38.9%). a single localization was found in 82.2% of the cases and two or more types of "tineae" only in 17.8%. the age-group 31-40 is more frequently affected (29%). the most frequent dermatophytosis caused by t. rubrum was tinea pedis (33.9%) while tinea ca ... | 1989 | 2630435 |
| dermatophyte infections in patients attending a tertiary care hospital in northern italy. | we studied dermatophyte infections in patients attending the dermatology outpatients clinic of s. matteo hospital pavia, italy, during the period 2004-2006. a total of 100 samples were collected from 95 patients; 97 dermatophytes and 3 keratinophylic fungi were isolated. trichophyton rubrum was the most frequent dermatophyte isolated (42.3%), followed by microsporum canis (31%), t. mentagrophytes (14.5%) and m. gypseum (9.2%). less frequently isolated were epidermophyton floccosum and t. violace ... | 2008 | 19123311 |
| tinea incognito in italy: a 15-year survey. | tinea incognito or steroid modified tinea is a dermatophytic infection in which topical or systemic steroids, administered as a result of dermatological misdiagnosis or preexisting pathologies, have modified the clinical appearance of the fungal infection, transforming the typical ringworm and mimicking other skin diseases. this is a retrospective study of the agents, clinical aspects, sources of infection of 200 cases (98 males, 102 females, mean age 42 years) of tinea incognito, observed in si ... | 2006 | 16922789 |
| retrospective study of onychomycosis in italy: 1985-2000. | cases of onychomycosis diagnosed by mycological examination in three mycology units (florence, siena and milan) of central and northern italy over the 15-year period, 1985-2000, were studied retrospectively. the number of cases was 4046 (1952 women, 2094 men). dermatophytes were isolated in 2859, yeasts in 655 and moulds in 532 cases. the most frequent dermatophyte was trichophyton rubrum (87%), followed by t. mentagrophytes var. interdigitale (10%). candida albicans (93.2%) was the prevalent ye ... | 2005 | 15679665 |
| dermatophytes and dermatophytoses in the milan area between 1970 and 1989. | between 1970 and 1989 we examined 13,019 patients with dermatophytoses in the milan area, northern italy. the results obtained during the 1980-89 period were compared with those obtained in the years 1970-79. from the data collected, tinea corporis emerged as the most frequently observed dermatophytosis, followed by tinea pedis and unguium. as far as dermatophytes are concerned, the dermatological pattern is dominated by microsporum canis and trichophyton rubrum. other species, such as epidermop ... | 1993 | 8015563 |