The Epidemiologic Study on Epidermophyton floccosum(1976-1997) / 대한의진균학회지
Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
;
: 21-26, 1999.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-62338
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
E. floccosum was known to be the frequent dermatophyte of tinea cruris and fourth causative agent of dermatophytosis in Korea. However, its incidence has been decreasing.OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this study was to investigate epidemiologic aspects of E. floccosum.METHOD:
We performed the epidemiologic study on 900 patients with E. floccosum infections in from January 1976 to December 1997. RESULTS ANDCONCLUSION:
The incidence of dermatophytosis was 16.5% out of a total of 614,139 outpatients, and that of E. floccosum was 0.9% out of a total of 101, 314 dermatophytosis. Among the age groups, the incidence rate was high in the first decade (29.4%) and second decade (41.7%). The ratio of male to female patients was 6.61. The prevalence of the month was high in the August, September and October. Involved sites were groin (85.8%), foot (6.2%), trunk (3.7%), hand (1.3%), leg (1.0%), toenail (0.8%), face (0.7%) and arm (0.6%) in decreasing order of frequency. We found that the incidence of E. floccosum had been markedly decreasing since 1986.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Outpatients
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Arm
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Tinea
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Epidemiologic Studies
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Incidence
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Prevalence
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Arthrodermataceae
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Epidermophyton
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Foot
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Groin
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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