Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Aug 2007)

Epidemiologia, etiologia e formas clínicas das dermatofitoses em Pernambuco, 1995-2005 Epidemiology, etiology and clinical presentation of dermatophytosis in Pernambuco, 1995-2005

  • Paula Maria Rodrigues de Barros Corrêa Damázio,
  • Heloisa Ramos Lacerda,
  • Armando Marsden Lacerda Filho,
  • Oliane Maria Correia Magalhães,
  • Rejane Pereira Neves

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822007000400024
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 40, no. 4
pp. 484 – 486

Abstract

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Num total de 1.238 casos de dermatofitoses, ocorridas na Cidade de Recife /PE, observou-se predomínio das tinhas de couro cabeludo (33,7%) e Trichophyton tonsurans (25,5%), entre 1995 e 1999, enquanto as tinhas de pele glabra (35,5%) e Trichophyton rubrum (34%) foram mais freqüentes entre 2000 e 2005. Detectou-se importante redução do Trichophyton mentagrophytes, no último período.Out of a total of 1,238 cases of dermatophytosis in the city of Recife (Pernambuco), lesions of the scalp (33.7%) and Trichophyton tonsurans (25.5%) predominated between 1995 and 2000, while lesions of the hairless skin (35.5%) and Trichophyton rubrum (34%) were the most frequent between 2000 and 2005. A significant reduction in Trichophyton mentagrophytes was detected in the second of these periods.

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