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Dermatophytosis diagnosed at the Evandro Chagas Institute, Pará, Brazil
Provedor de dados: 58
Autores: Silveira-Gomes,Fabíola; Oliveira,Elaina Ferreira de; Nepomuceno,Lívia Barreto; Pimentel,Rosiane Ferreira; Marques-da-Silva,Silvia Helena; Mesquita-da-Costa,Maurimélia.
Dermatophytosis is caused by a dermatophyte fungus that affects the stratum corneum and keratinized tissue. Dermatophyte fungus has been reported worldwide as the causative agent of dermatophytosis, but the etio-epidemiological aspects of these mycoses in the state of Pará remain unknown. The purpose of this study was to describe the etio-epidemiological profile of dermatophytosis diagnosed in patients at the Evandro Chagas Institute from May 2005 to June 2006. A total of 494 patients were admitted, and their samples were collected, submitted for direct microscopic examination using 20% KOH and cultured in Sabouraud and Mycosel medium. The identification was based in macro and microscopic characteristics. Direct examinations were positive in 13% (66/494)...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Dermatophytosis; Etio-epidemiology; Trichophyton; T. mentagrophytes.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822013000200016