| [epidemiology, etiology and clinical presentation of dermatophytosis in pernambuco, 1995-2005]. | out of a total of 1,238 cases of dermatophytosis in the city of recife (pernambuco), lesions of the scalp (33.7%) and trichophyton tonsurans (25.5%) predominated between 1995 and 2000, while lesions of the hairless skin (35.5%) and trichophyton rubrum (34%) were the most frequent between 2000 and 2005. a significant reduction in trichophyton mentagrophytes was detected in the second of these periods. | 2007 | 17876478 |