Review of dermatophytoses in Galicia from 1951 to 1987, and comparison with other areas of Spain

Abstract

We have reviewed all the dermatophytoses diagnosed in Galicia during four consecutive 9-year periods 1951-86 and 1987. From 4571 patients, we isolated 3 351 fungal strains belonging, in decreasing order of frequency, to the following dermatophyte species: Microsporum canis (25.5 ~), Trichophyton l~brum (24.6~o), T. mentagrophytes (21.4~o), Epidermophyton floccosum (11.8~o), M. gypseum (5.2~o),. Tinea capitis has diminished in frequency since 1951, though there was been a slight increase since 1978; M. canis has always been the most common agent, and between 1951 and 1959 T. schoenleinii was also very frequent but is no longer found. The frequency of tinea corporis, on the other hand, has experienced a considerable increase. Its most common causal agents in the last few years have been T. mentagrophytes, M. canis and I: rubrum. Until 1977 the most common tinea cruris dermatophyte was E.floccosum, but since then it has been T. rubrum. The commonest tinea pedis dermatophytes have been T. rubrum and T. mentagrophytes. Tinea unguium and tinea barbae have been the most frequent dermatophytoses, and their commonest causal agents I". rubrum and T. mentagrophytes respectively. We have documented the distribution of the various causal agents by location of the lesions, age and source of the patients (private or National Health Service patients), and we have compared the results with those obtained in other regions of Spain.

Efficacy and tolerability of 8 weeks’ treatment with terbinafine in children with tinea capitis caused by Microsporum canis: a comparison of three doses

“…Recently there has been an increase of tinea capitis caused by M. rivalieri and M. audouinii in the UK, 5 especially in the Black African and Black Caribbean ethnic groups. A similar increase has been seen with T. soudanense in Europe (France, Germany, Spain) in Black immigrants from Africa 9–11 . In Italy the most prevalent species is M. canis, 12 similar to that seen in Greece .…”

A clinico‐etiologic correlation in tinea capitis

“…T. verrucosum and T. mentagrophytes are occasionally encountered pathogens. M. canis , the major pathogen in the United Arab Emirates, 22 Qatar, 23 Kuwait, 24 Saudi Arabia, 25 Israel, 26 and Spain, 27 was not isolated in our series. This dermatophyte has been previously reported from this region.…”

Survey of Dermatophyte Infections in the Lausanne Area (Switzerland)

“…This frequency is higher than that reported from Holland and Finland but, however, much lower than those reported in Mediterranean countries and Iran (table 2) where M. canis is a dominant fungus highly prevalent in tinea capitis and tinea corporis [7, 8, 9, 10]. The frequencies of T. mentagrophytes and T. verrucosum infecting the Swiss native population and their pattern of infection are also similar to those of reports from Holland and Finland [3, 4, 5].…”

“…The prevalence of the different tineas recorded can change from one region to another. It depends on the repartition between urban and rural populations, on the mixing of populations from different origins and probably also on the importance given in different countries to the different tineas [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]. We present here an analysis of the results of mycological examinations of samples from the patients referred to the mycological laboratory of the Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital in Lausanne during the 8-year period from 1993 to 2000.…”