| dermatophyte agents in the city of são paulo, from 1992 to 2002. | dermatophytosis are superficial mycoses caused by fungi that can invade stratum corneum and keratinized tissues. in order to study the frequency of dermatophytes species and the clinical manifestations caused by these fungi, in são paulo, sp, brazil, the authors analyzed cultures isolated at the mycology laboratory from a selected population (15,300 out-patients of the hospital das clínicas, department of dermatology, faculty of medicine of university of são paulo) from january 1992 to june 2002 ... | 2003 | 14743665 |
| onychomycosis in são paulo, brazil. | onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nails with broad aetiological scope, and it represents 18-40% of all onychopathies and 39% of all superficial mycotic infections. from july 1996 to december 1999, samples of nails were collected from 588 patients with presumptive diagnosis of onychomycosis at the dermatology and mycology divisions epm\unifesp, brazil, and the diagnosis was confirmed in 247 of these cases. the most common pathogens isolated in this study were yeasts in 52% of positive cu ... | 2009 | 19424818 |
| trichophyton raubitschekii: a new agent of dermatophytosis in brazil? | a microbiological and ultrastructural study of trichophyton raubitschekii recovered from a patient with tinea faciei is presented. this is the second case of isolation of this fungus in sao paulo and the sixth case in brazil. upon culture, the morphological pattern and the physiological tests performed confirmed the identification of t. raubitschekii. the ultrastructural study of t. raubitschekii showed the presence of a membrane-like structure located in the outer portion of the hyphal walls. t ... | 2003 | 12639464 |
| dermatophytosis and immunovirological status of hiv-infected and aids patients from sao paulo city, brazil. | over the past decades, more people became infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and developed acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids). because of that the incidence of fungal infections rose dramatically. it happened because this virus can modify the course of fungal diseases, leading to altered clinical pictures. the aim of this study was to evaluate epidemiological and biological aspects of dermatophytosis in hiv-positive and aids patients living in the city of são paulo, brazil. ... | 2014 | 24417711 |
| trichophyton rubrum isolated from aids and human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in são paulo, brazil: antifungal susceptibility and extracellular enzyme production. | in order to identify intraspecific variations in trichophyton rubrum and to correlate them to the immunological status of the host, sixty strains isolated from aids, hiv-positive and hiv-negative patients were compared for the production of extracellular enzymes and for their susceptibility to several antifungal drugs. | 2005 | 15722629 |