| microsporum nanum--a report from malawi (africa). | microsporum nanum fuentes 1956 has been identified in scrapings from a skin lesion in a patient in karonga district, malawi, africa. we believe that this is the first such identification from the african continent. the patient had a single skin lesion in his popliteal fossa and was known to rear pigs. | 1995 | 7477092 |
| treatment of superficial mycoses in the tropics: whitfield's ointment versus clotrimazole. | in tropical primary health care, essential drugs should be safe, effective, and as inexpensive as possible. to treat the very common dermatophyte infections of the skin, one may use inexpensive whitfield's preparations, more expensive topical imidazole derivatives, or extremely expensive oral antifungals. because a cream base is felt to be more appropriate than an ointment in tropical conditions, we wanted to compare the effectiveness of whitfield's cream and a topical imidazole derivative in fi ... | 1994 | 8002148 |
| the spectrum of dermatophytes in northern malawi (africa). | between 1.5% and 2.5% of the population in karonga district, northern malawi (africa), were diagnosed as having tinea faciei, corporis, inguinalis or cruris in the course of a total population survey carried out between 1987 and 1989. with regard to the relative frequency distribution of dermatophytes, the main findings were the rarity of trichophyton rubrum (around 1%) and the predominance of microsporum audouinii (57%) in this part of africa. in the genital area epidermophyton floccosum was th ... | 1996 | 9009648 |