| effect of glucose and thiamine concentrations on the formation of macroconidia in dermatophytes. occurrence of dysgonic microsporum canis strains in athens, greece. | data collected from multiple trials with 110 fresh and preserved clinical isolates of trichophyton mentagrophytes var. mentagrophytes, t. violaceum, t. rubrum, t. verrucosum, microsporum canis and epidermophyton floccosum revealed that production of macroconidia depends on glucose and thiamine concentrations in the medium. optimal macroconidia production was obtained at the critical concentrations of 5 g l-1 glucose and 0.6 g l-1 thiamine when the two compounds were used in combination. the same ... | 1996 | 8786761 |
| etiology of tinea capitis in athens, greece -- a 6-year (1996-2001) retrospective study. | a total of 577 patients with tinea capitis have been diagnosed at the mycology laboratory of 'a. sygros' hospital of skin and venereal diseases, athens, greece between 1996 and 2001. from these patients, 100 were immigrants from balkan, near east and african countries. the vast majority of the patients (95%) were children, mainly at preschool and school age and only 5% were adults. zoophilic dermatophytes accounted for 86.5% followed by anthropophilic (12.4%) and geophilic (1.2%) dermatophytes. ... | 2004 | 15189185 |