Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Oct 2007)

Onicomicose: estudo clínico, epidemiológico e micológico no município de São José do Rio Preto Onychomycosis: clinical, epidemiological and mycological study in the municipality of São José do Rio Preto

  • Edna Alves Martins,
  • Letícia Vieira Guerrer,
  • Keith Cássia Cunha,
  • Márcia Maria Costa Nunes Soares,
  • Margarete Teresa Gottardo de Almeida

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822007000500022
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 40, no. 5
pp. 596 – 598

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Estudo clínico-epidemiológico e micológico em 184 pacientes de Hospital Escola: 200 amostras, 142 positivas, 98 leveduras e 68 fungos filamentosos. Candida parapsilosis (47%) e Trichophyton rubrum (38%) foram prevalentes. Ao cetoconazol, 100% de sensibilidade e a anfotericina B, 99%. Prevalência em mulheres (80%), adultos (62%) em pododáctilos (84%).This was a clinical-epidemiological and mycological study on 184 patients at the university hospital: 200 samples, 142 positive samples, 98 yeasts and 68 filamentous fungi. Candida parapsilosis (47%) and Trichophyton rubrum (38%) were prevalent. They were 100% sensitive to ketoconazole and 99% sensitive to amphotericin B. The highest prevalences were among women (80%), adults (62%) and toes (84%).

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