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

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Edna Alves Martins, Letícia Vieira Guerrer, Keith Cássia Cunha, Márcia Maria Costa Nunes Soares, Margarete Teresa Gottardo de Almeida
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2007
• Subjects: Onicomicose; Candida parapsilosis; Trichophyton rubrum; Onychomycosis; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822007000500022; https://doaj.org/article/fc3727b801e340abb9bfaf01f5157c77

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%).