| fungal infection as a cause of skin disease in the eastern province of saudi arabia: prevailing fungi and pattern of infection. | a total of 4,294 clinically suspected cases of dermatomycoses belonging to 26 different nationalities were examined between april 1984 and april 1988. fungi were demonstrated in routine potassium hydroxide/dimethyl sulfoxide mount in 3,814 cases (88.8%) and the etiology was determined by culture in 2,458 cases (57.2%). tinea versicolor was the predominant fungal infection (30.9% of all infections). onychomycosis and paronychia ranked second in prevalence (16.8%). candidal onychomycosis was the m ... | 1991 | 1803238 |
| fungal infection as a cause of skin disease in the eastern province of saudi arabia: tinea corporis and tinea cruris. | in the period between april 1984 and april 1988 a total of 4,294 clinically suspected cases of dermatomycoses were examined for causative fungi. of these cases 768 (17.9%) were suspected as tinea corporis (427 cases) and tinea cruris (341 cases). twenty two different nationalities were represented. both sexes were involved and the age range was 19 days to 70 years. of the 768 patients examined, 738 (96.1%) had their diagnosis confirmed by direct microscopy and in 631 of these positive cases the ... | 1991 | 1820522 |