| [mycoses at hospital universitario "ruiz y páez", ciudad bolívar, venezuela, 2002]. | to estimate the prevalence of mycoses in the universitary hospital "ruiz y páez" (bolivar state, venezuela) during 2002, a retrospective study was carried out. four hundred and fifty six mycoses were diagnosed in 250,956 patients. the most frequent mycoses, the cutaneous form (94.5%), were produced by dermatophytes, malassezia furfur and candida spp. in 90%. deep mycoses were detected in 4.7% and consisted of histoplasmosis (2.6%), paracoccidioidomycosis (1.7%) and cryptococcosis (0.4%). several ... | 2005 | 15782535 |