Heikkilä H, Stubb S
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
Br J Dermatol. 1995 Nov;133(5):699-703. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1995.tb02741.x.
Few studies have been made of the prevalence of onychomycosis among ordinary people. We therefore investigated 800 people aged between 6 and 80 years, in different age groups. We found 162 persons in whom onychomycosis was clinically suspected. However, only the 91, in whom the fungal culture was positive for dermatophytic fungi, were included in the final prevalence numbers. We found a prevalence of 13.0% in men, 4.3% in women, and 8.4% in the entire population including children. Onychomycosis was not found in any of the 200 people aged less than 20 years. The prevalences found in this study are much higher than those reported in the earlier studies made elsewhere in Europe.
针对普通人群中甲癣患病率的研究较少。因此，我们对800名年龄在6至80岁之间的不同年龄组人群进行了调查。我们发现有162人临床上疑似患有甲癣。然而，最终患病率数据仅纳入了91名皮肤癣菌真菌培养呈阳性的患者。我们发现男性患病率为13.0%，女性为4.3%，包括儿童在内的整个人口患病率为8.4%。在200名年龄小于20岁的人群中未发现甲癣病例。本研究中发现的患病率远高于欧洲其他地区早期研究报告的患病率。
