Summary: In the decade 1976–1985, 8973 dermatophytes were isolated from patients at the University Dermatological Clinic, Würzburg. Trichophyton rubrum comprised 73.9% und Trichophyton mentagrophytes 19.6% of all isolates, while isolation rates of all other species of dermatophytes were under 5%. The most common dermatomycoses were tinea pedum in 43.8% and tinea unguium pedum in 28.8% of all localizations of tinea. A comparison of our results with those of an investigation in the same clinic undertaken between 1956–1958 (Veltman et al.) reveals that the epidemiological shift from T. mentagrophytes to T. rubrum as the most common causative agent of dermatomycoses, a shift that has been observed world‐wide, must have taken place in Würzburg between 1959 and 1975. Zusammenfassung: Im Zehnjahreszeitraum 1976–1985 wurden von Patienten der Universitäts‐Hautklinik Würzburg 8973 Dermatophyten isoliert. Trichophyton rubrum machte 73,9% und Trichophyton mentagrophytes 19,6% alter Dermatophytenisolate aus, während alle übrigen Dermatophytenspezies in unter 5% isoliert wurden. Die häufigsten Dermatomykosen waren die Tinea pedum mit 43,8% und die Tinea unguium pedum mit 28,8% aller Tinea‐Krankheiten. Der Vergleich mit einer Untersuchung an unserer Klinik aus den Jahren 1956–1958 (Veltman und Mitarb.) ergibt, daß die weltweit beobachtete epidemiologische Verschiebung von T. mentagrophytes zu T. rubrum als dem häufigsten Erreger von Dermatomykosen in Würzburg zwischen 1959 und 1975 stattgefunden haben muß.
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