Abstract
Abstract—We perform an epidemiological study of patients diagnosed of dermatophytosis confirmed by culture, which were observed in our Unit of Mycology at the Hospital Clínico Universitario in Valladolid for the period extended between January 2000 and May 2001. Data are analysed in relationship to different variables such as age, sex, time of occurrence, lesion localization or identified etiologic agent. We report 40 patients with positive dermatophyte culture. Fourteen were diagnosed as Tinea corporis, 10 Tinea pedis, 9 Tinea unguium, 6 Tinea cruris, 2 Tinea capitis, 2 Tinea manuum and 1 Tinea barbae. The most frequent isolated species was Trichophyton mentagrophytes (37%) followed by T. rubrum (32%), Microsporum canis (17%), T. tonsurans (8%), M. gypseum (3%) and M. audouinii (3%).M. canis predominated in Tinea corporis and accounted for two cases of Tinea capitis. In Tinea unguium, T. mentagrophytes and T. rubrum were mostly isolated. T. rubrum predominated in Tinea pedis.We present our results, which basically agree with those from other studies, in order to contribute to the epidemiological mapping of superficial mycoses in Spain.
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