incidence of dermatophytoses in rabbit farms in catalonia, spain, and its repercussion on human health. | over the past decades there has been an important increase in the incidence of dermatophytoses in humans as a result of contact with animals, although etiological agents can vary as can the animals transmitting the disease. a large-scale study was carried out in 220 farms raising rabbits for consumption. most of the farms (85%) were located in the autonomous community of catalonia (spain). mycological studies showed that 79.5% of the rabbits were infected with trichophyton mentagrophytes var. gr ... | 1992 | 1397196 |
dermatophytosis in children and adolescents: epidemiological study in the city of barcelona, spain. | | 1986 | 3489183 |
multicenter study of dermatophyte distribution in the metropolitan area of barcelona (catalonia, spain). | the results of a multicenter study on the distribution of dermatophyte species in the metropolitan area of barcelona (spain) are presented. in the period 1977-1983, 638 dermatophyte strains were isolated from tineas by three different mycological laboratories. zoophilic strains were prevalent comprising 64.4% of the isolates. t. mentagrophytes var. granulosum was isolated in 51% of the cases. a significant drop in the prevalence of t. tonsurans and t. violaceum was noted. important variations we ... | 1986 | 3713794 |
seasonal study of the fungal biota of the fur of dogs. | during a one year period, 944 dogs from the municipal kennel of barcelona were examined to detect animals with suspected dermatophytosis. only a few animals (1.8%) presented skin lesions but none of them had dermatophytosis. a representative number of dogs without visible skin lesions (n = 172), selected at random, were used to carry out a seasonal study of the mycobiota of their fur. fifteen isolates belonging to the genera microsporum and trichophyton were isolated from 14 of the 172 (8.1%) do ... | 1996 | 8751821 |
dermatophytes isolated from domestic animals in barcelona, spain. | this retrospective study deals with the main samples studied at the mycology diagnostic service of the faculty of veterinary science of barcelona: animals with suspected dermatophytosis. over a ten-year period from 1986 to 1995, 136 dermatophytes were identified from dog and cat cultures submitted for identification and from specimens submitted for mycological examination from a variety of other domestic animals. the most frequent dermatophytes isolated were microsporum canis (55.9%), trichophyt ... | 1997 | 9335154 |
prevalence of tinea pedis, tinea unguium of toenails and tinea capitis in school children from barcelona. | to evaluate the prevalence of tinea capitis, tinea pedis, and tinea unguium in children from several schools of barcelona city. | 2009 | 19766517 |