A ten-year survey of onychomycosis in the Central Region of the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Um estudo de 10 anos sobre onicomicoses na região central do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Onychomycosis is a common infection of the nail plate caused by fungal microrganisms, and represents approximately 50% of nails disorders and 30% of all superficial mycotic infections. We present a study of the frequency, epidemiology and clinical aspects of onychomycosis in the central region of Ri...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Jorge O. LOPES, Sydney H. ALVES, Cristine R.D. MARI, Loiva T.O. OLIVEIRA, Liliani M. BRUM, Jorge B. WESTPHALEN, Fábio W. FURIAN, Márcia J. ALTERMANN
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1999
Subjects:
Onychomycosis
Frequency
Epidemiology
Clinical aspects
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651999000300002
https://doaj.org/article/3341b8f3f30449cbb82253a07b0951ca
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Summary:Onychomycosis is a common infection of the nail plate caused by fungal microrganisms, and represents approximately 50% of nails disorders and 30% of all superficial mycotic infections. We present a study of the frequency, epidemiology and clinical aspects of onychomycosis in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul during the period 1988-1997. Onicomicoses são infecções comuns da lâmina ungueal causadas por fungos filamentosos e leveduras, que representam aproximadamente 50% das alterações das unhas e 30% de todas as infecções fúngicas superficiais. Apresentamos um estudo sobre a freqüência, epidemiologia e aspectos clínicos das onicomicoses na região central do Rio Grande do Sul durante o período 1988-1997.

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