Abu-Elteen K H, Abdul Malek M
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan.
Mycopathologia. 1999;145(3):137-42. doi: 10.1023/a:1007009218316.
A total of 350 clinically suspected cases of dermatomycoses were examined for causative fungi during July 1997 to September 1998. Mycotic infection was demonstrable by microscopy and culture in 199 (56.8%) cases. The most common superficial mycotic infections were tinea pedis (35.2%) followed by tinea capitis (23.1%), tinea unguium (21.6%) and tinea corporis (10.6%). Most of the infected patients were 1-9, 20-29 and 30-39 years old. Men were mainly infected with tinea cruris and tinea pedis, while women were infected with tinea pedis, tinea unguium and tinea capitis. The frequencies of etiological agents isolated from patients were as follows: Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale (32.7%), T. rubrum (28.6%), Epidermophyton floccosum (20.1%), Microsporum canis (11.1%), T. schoenleinii (4%), T. verrucosum (2%), T. violaceum (1%), and M. gypseum (0.5%). The number of infections varied with the seasons. The highest number of cases of tinea pedis and tinea cruris occurred in the summer months, while tinea capitis, tinea corporis and tinea unguium occurred in the spring and winter months.
1997年7月至1998年9月期间，共对350例临床疑似皮肤真菌病病例进行了致病真菌检查。通过显微镜检查和培养，在199例（56.8%）病例中证实有真菌感染。最常见的浅表真菌感染是足癣（35.2%），其次是头癣（23.1%）、甲癣（21.6%）和体癣（10.6%）。大多数感染患者年龄在1 - 9岁、20 - 29岁和30 - 39岁。男性主要感染股癣和足癣，而女性感染足癣、甲癣和头癣。从患者中分离出的病原体频率如下：指间型须癣毛癣菌（32.7%）、红色毛癣菌（28.6%）、絮状表皮癣菌（20.1%）、犬小孢子菌（11.1%）、许兰毛癣菌（4%）、疣状毛癣菌（2%）、紫色毛癣菌（1%）和石膏样小孢子菌（0.5%）。感染数量随季节变化。足癣和股癣病例数在夏季最多，而头癣、体癣和甲癣在春季和冬季较多。
