| isolation of keratinophilic fungi from soil in pavia, italy. | the examination of keratinophilic fungi in 125 soil samples collected in pavia, italy revealed the following organism: microsporum gypseum 23, m. vanbreuseghemii 4, arthroderma uncinatum 4, ctenomyces serratus 5, chrysosporium tropicum 5, unidentified gymnoascacean 1. arthroderma uncinatum, m. gypseum, m. vanbreuseghemii were isolated from a city park and cultivated soils; c. tropicum, ct. serratus and an unidentified gymnoascacean were found only in soils from natural woods. the distribution of ... | 1975 | 1091998 |
| keratinophilic fungi isolated from soil of italian parks in the province of pavia. | soil samples collected from 9 parks in the italian province of pavia were baited with hair and feathers for the isolation of keratinophilic fungi. the dominant species were the teleomorphs arthroderma gypsea, a. uncinatum, ctenomyces serratus and aphanoascus fulvescens with their anamorphs. among the other species isolated, amauroascus mutatus, gymnascella dankaliensis, gymnoascus intermedius and gymnoascus reessii were recorded. the distribution of these fungi is discussed and related to previo ... | 1992 | 1383024 |
| [dermatomycoses observed at the dermatologic clinic, pavia university. 2) pathology of microsporum gypseum]. | microsporum gypseum infections are 0.4% of 4900 suspected dermatomycoses examined with direct microscopic exam and culture on lactrimel medium or d.t.m. this geophilic dermatophyte was isolated in 20 cases (1.5% of all dermatophytes). more frequently m. gypseum caused tinea corporis (13 cases: 65%) and rarely tinea capitis (2 cases: 10%), tinea faciei (2 cases), tinea manus (2 cases) and tinea cruris (1 case). both sexes are equally affected. direct microscopic exam was negative in 2 cases. this ... | 1990 | 2365400 |
| [findings on dermatomycoses seen at the dermatologic clinic of pavia: 1) pathology of microsporum canis]. | | 1987 | 3596641 |
| keratinophilic fungi isolated from the air at pavia. | the presence of keratinophilic fungi was revealed by sampling the air of pavia (italy) from march 1981 to february 1982. the species isolated were: chrysosporium indicum , geomyces pannorum var. pannorum , microsporum gypseum, myceliophtora vellerea and trichophyton terrestre . several filamentous fungi tolerating high levels of cycloheximide were also recovered. | 1984 | 6203038 |
| etiology of ringworm of the scalp, beard and body in rome, italy. | from 1972 to 1977 the authors examined 1,311 patients in rome affected by ringworm of the scalp, beard and body, comparing their findings with a study made in milan between 1969 to 1973 and with earlier italian studies from 1900 to date. it appears that at the beginning of the century scalp ringworm was usually caused by trichophyton violaceum and t. tonsurans, whereas microsporum canis was rarely found. today the trichophyton species are rarely isolated, whereas microsporum species, particularl ... | 1980 | 7423332 |
| dermatophytes and dermatophytoses in the milan area between 1970 and 1989. | between 1970 and 1989 we examined 13,019 patients with dermatophytoses in the milan area, northern italy. the results obtained during the 1980-89 period were compared with those obtained in the years 1970-79. from the data collected, tinea corporis emerged as the most frequently observed dermatophytosis, followed by tinea pedis and unguium. as far as dermatophytes are concerned, the dermatological pattern is dominated by microsporum canis and trichophyton rubrum. other species, such as epidermop ... | 1993 | 8015563 |
| 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 |
| dermatophyte infections in patients attending a tertiary care hospital in northern italy. | we studied dermatophyte infections in patients attending the dermatology outpatients clinic of s. matteo hospital pavia, italy, during the period 2004-2006. a total of 100 samples were collected from 95 patients; 97 dermatophytes and 3 keratinophylic fungi were isolated. trichophyton rubrum was the most frequent dermatophyte isolated (42.3%), followed by microsporum canis (31%), t. mentagrophytes (14.5%) and m. gypseum (9.2%). less frequently isolated were epidermophyton floccosum and t. violace ... | 2008 | 19123311 |