| survey of human pathogenic actinomycetes and fungi in soil from rome and other italian areas. | as part of a study sponsored by the ministry of health of italy, a research program on pathogenic actinomycetes, keratinophilic and pathogenic fungi in soil was carried out. two hundred soil samples, collected from different areas of the city of rome, calabria, emilia romagna, latium, apulia, sardinia, sicily, tuscany and umbria, were examined by several techniques to detect the widest possible variety of pathogenic actinomycetes and fungi. seven isolates of nocardia asteroides, four of actinoma ... | 1981 | 7012635 |
| dermatophytes isolated from asymptomatic stray cats. | most human cases of dermatophytosis diagnosed in siena, italy, in the last 5 years have been caused by two zoophilic species: microsporum canis and trichophyton mentagrophytes. since many patients had a history of contact with apparently healthy stray cats, we examined the fur of 173 stray cats for dermatophytes. the cats were captured in different parts of siena and none of them had mycotic lesions. microsporum canis was isolated in 82 cats, trichophyton mentagrophytes in three and microsporum ... | 1997 | 9470415 |
| survey of keratinophilic fungi isolated from city park soils of pisa, italy. | a survey of geophilic dermatophytes and related keratinophilic fungi isolated from city park soils of pisa is reported. twenty-three (48%) soil samples out of 48 were positive by hair baiting. the following species were isolated: microsporum gypseum (39%), trichophyton ajelloi (31%), chrysosporium keratinophilum (14%), t. terrestre (8%), m. fulvum, ch. luteum, ch. indicum (5% each) and m. cookei (2%). the presence of the different species is discussed in relation to the risk of fungal skin infec ... | 1998 | 10205883 |
| tinea capitis in siena, italy. an 18-year survey. | in the period 1980-1998, 181 cases of tinea capitis out of a total of 1480 cases of dermatophytosis were observed in siena, italy; 176 cases were children (mean age 6 years, range 45 days to 14 years; 91 boys, 85 girls) and the other five cases were postmenopausal women. diagnosis was made on the basis of culture which was positive in 179 cases, and direct microscopic observation which was positive in 155 of 179 cases. in two cases, positive direct microscopic results were not confirmed by the c ... | 1999 | 10592701 |
| dermatophytes isolated from symptomatic dogs and cats in tuscany, italy during a 15-year-period. | between january, 1, 1986 and december, 31, 2000, dermatological specimens from 10.678 animals (7.650 cats and 3.028 dogs) were examined for dermatophytes. all the animals presented clinical signs of ringworm. two thousand-four hundred fifty-six of the 10.678 (23%) examined animals scored positive for dermatophytes, 566 out of 3.028 canine (18.7%) and 1890 out of 7.650 feline specimens (24.7%). microsporum canis constituted 83% and 97% of the isolated dermatophytes respectively in dogs and cats, ... | 2002 | 12715942 |
| tinea incognito in italy: a 15-year survey. | tinea incognito or steroid modified tinea is a dermatophytic infection in which topical or systemic steroids, administered as a result of dermatological misdiagnosis or preexisting pathologies, have modified the clinical appearance of the fungal infection, transforming the typical ringworm and mimicking other skin diseases. this is a retrospective study of the agents, clinical aspects, sources of infection of 200 cases (98 males, 102 females, mean age 42 years) of tinea incognito, observed in si ... | 2006 | 16922789 |
| microsporum gypseum infection in the siena area in 2005-2006. | fourteen cases of dermatophytosis caused by microsporum gypseum, representing 6.8% of all dermatophytic infections reported, were diagnosed in siena, italy, between 2005 and 2006. there were as follows: six cases of tinea corporis, one case of tinea corporis associated with tinea capitis, one case of tinea corporis associated with tinea barbae, one kerion on the head, one tinea cruris, one tinea faciei, one tinea barbae, two onychomycosis. in the three subjects with tinea corporis, the clinical ... | 2009 | 18498297 |