Some aspects of dermatophytoses seen at University Hospital in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Abstract

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 Trichophyton rubrum (58.6%), followed by T. mentagrophytes (25.3%), Epidermophyton floccosum (7.2%), Microsporum canis (4.8%), T. tonsurans T. violaceum (1.6%) and M. gypseum (0.8%). The prevalence of T. mentagrophytes was significantly higher for females than for males, with a frequency of 37.3% and 16.0% respectively, which could be explained by higher infection of T. mentagrophytes in feet and nails, which were percentually more affected in females than in males. These results suggest that, in general, the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of dermatophytoses of our study have similar patterns of those occurring in other southern and southeastern Brazilian cities.

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“…1,[4][5][6][7][8][12][13][14][15] Fatores como condições climáticas, práticas sociais, deslocamentos cada vez mais freqüentes e hábitos de higiene certamente contribuem para as variações epidemiológicas dos dermatófitos.…”

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“…The literature contains data collected and analyzed from the states of São Paulo 9 , Goiás 12 , Rio Grande do Sul 3 , Santa Catarina 47 , Minas Gerais 30 , Distrito Federal 8 , Amazonas 16 , Paraná 40 and Ceará 6 . However, our review found no record of any kind of study conducted in the state of Mato Grosso, despite the fact that the bioclimatic conditions are extremely favorable to the appearance of such fungal infections.…”

Perfil de suscetibilidade a antifúngicos de dermatófitos isolados de pacientes com insuficiência renal crônica

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“…3 Undergraduate student, School of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 4 Pharmacist. Master's degree student, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.…”