| some aspects of dermatophytoses seen at university hospital in florianópolis, santa catarina, brazil. | dematophytoses comprise mycoses which are very frequently diagnosed in the routine of clinical laboratories of florianópolis, like any other brazilian cities. however, no clinical or epidemiological studies data have been published for that city so far. to partially clarify these questions, we carried out a study on this subject on patients who sought the mycology services of hospital of federal university of santa catarina, from january 1995 to november 1996. the most prevalent dermatophyte was ... | 1997 | 9460252 |
| [epidemiology and etiology of dermatophytosis in goiânia, go, brazil]. | dermatophytes are a group of closely related fungi that have the capacity to invade keratinized tissue (skin, hair, and nails) of humans and animals to produce infections called dermatophytosis. in order to review the etiology and epidemiology of dermatophytosis in goiânia, go, 1955 specimens with diagnostic suspicion of dermatophytic lesions, were collected from january to december, 1999, from the mycology laboratory in the institute of tropical pathology and public health, federal university o ... | 2002 | 11873256 |
| high rate of microsporum canis feline and canine dermatophytoses in northeast brazil: epidemiological and diagnostic features. | over a one year period (november 2000-december 2001), clinical specimens from 189 dogs and 38 cats, from the city of fortaleza, ceará, brazil, were examined at the specialized medical mycology center at the federal university of ceará to detect animals with dermatophytoses. the mycological analyses were conducted by direct microscopy and by fungal culture on sabouraud agar, sabouraud chloramphenicol agar and mycosel agar. dermatophytes were isolated from 27 of the 189 (14.3%) canine specimens an ... | 2003 | 14682455 |
| [tinea capitis in children from goiânia, brazil]. | during the period january 1999 to july 2002 a total de 164 cases of tinea capitis were diagnosed by mycological examination in instituto de patologia tropical e saúde pública of the universidade federal de goiás. of the 164 patients 94 (57.3%) were males, with an age of 3 months to 13 years. laboratory studies were performed by direct examination with 20% koh and cultivated on mycobiotic agar medium and sabouraud dextrose agar with chloramphenicol. the following species were identified: microspo ... | 2003 | 15049102 |
| tinea capitis in a dermatology center in the city of fortaleza, brazil: the role of trichophyton tonsurans. | over a 3-year period (march 1999 to march 2002), 944 patients with scalp lesions attended a dermatology reference center in the city of fortaleza, ceará, brazil. clinical specimens were examined at the specialized medical mycology center, federal university of ceará, fortaleza-ce, brazil, to detect patients with tinea capitis. | 2004 | 15304180 |