Brajac I, Stojnić-Sosa L, Prpić L, Loncarek K, Gruber F
Department of Dermatovenerology, University Hospital Centre, University School of Medicine, Rijeka, Croatia.
Mycoses. 2004 Jun;47(5-6):222-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.00990.x.
The aim of the study was to analyze the Microsporum canis infections in the Rijeka area, Croatia, observed between 1990 and 2001. A total of 724 cases of dermatophytosis caused by M. canis were diagnosed in 320 individuals with the tinea capitis and 404 with tinea corporis. The M. canis infections constituted 32.8% of all dermatophytes isolated during the study period.