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Summary: From January 1st 1972 to December 31st 1981 5363 patients living in Cracow and its environs were examined mycologically. Those patients were suspected of superficial cutaneous mycoses and were referred to the department of Mycology of the Institute of Microbiology (Medical Academy of Cracow). A total of 8545 samples were examined. 36% of the patients were males and 64% were females. Part one of the paper presents the spectrum of dermatophytes isolated from different regions of the skin, the nails and hair. In general, dermatophytes were cultured from 23% of the specimens. T. rubrum outnumbered T. mentagrophytes (13.7% and 8.87% respectively). Other species and genera of dermatophytes such as T. tonsurans, T. violaceum, T. verrucosum, E. floccosum and M. gypseum were found only sporadically. Dermatophytes were found most often in samples taken from the toe nails (39.6%) and the skin of the feet (38.9%), both in male patients. They were found extremely rarely in samples taken from the scalp and the beard (5.8%).Many authors have pointed out that it is important to review the mycological flora of human skin in certain areas of the world from time to time because this flora changes (2, 6, 10, 13).Zusammenfassung: Vom 1. Januar 1972 bis 31. Dezember 1981 wurden 5363 Patienten aus Krakau und dessen Umgebung mykologisch untersucht. Diese boten klinischen Anhalt für oberflächliche Mykosen der Haut Sie wurden an die Abteilung für Mykologie des Institutes für Mikrobiologie (Medizinische Akademie Krakau) überwiesen. Insgesamt wurden 8545 Proben untersucht 36% der Untersuchten waren Männer, 64% Frauen. Teil 1 der Arbeit bringt das Dermatophytenspektrum, welches aus verschiedenen Bereichen ‐ der Haut, den Nägeln und den Haaren ‐ isoliert wurde. Insgesamt wurden aus 23% der Proben Dermatophyten gezüchtet. T. rubrum übertraf T. mentagrophytes (Nachweis in 13,7 bzw. 8,87% der Fälle). Andere Dermatophytenarten und ‐gattungen wie T. tonsurans, T. violaceum, T. verrucosum, E. floccosum und M. gypseum wurden nur sporadisch nachgewiesen. Dermatophyten wurden am häufigsten aus Zehennägeln und Fußhaut bei Männern nachgewiesen (in 39,6 bzw. 38,9% der Fälle), am seltensten aus Proben der Kopf‐ und Bartregion.

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