Clinical and Mycologic Studies of Tinea Cruris / 대한피부과학회지
Korean Journal of Dermatology
;
: 219-224, 1999.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The incidence and causative dermatophytes of tinea cruris has been changed with time. Although clinical and mycologic studies of whole dermatophytosis have been reported many times, there have been only a few studies about tinea cruris reported.OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this study was to investigate clinical and mycological features of tinea cruuis.METHODS:
We evaluated the clinical and mycologic aspects of tinea cruris in 598 patients with tinea cruris from January 1985 to December 1997 in Yeungnam University Hospital.RESULTS:
The incidence of tinea cruris was 20.8% of 2,878 total dermatophytoses. The ratio of male to female patients was 23.91. And most of them were in their twenties and thirties. Most(82.1%) of them involved both sites of the groin. Concurrent dermatophytic infections of tinea cruris were noted in 29.4% of the cases and the most common one was tinea pedis(22.4%). Three hundred and thirty eight dermatophytes were isolated from 598 patients with tinea cruris. They were Trichophyton(T.) rubrum(95.3%), T. mentagrophytes(4.4%), Epidermophyton floccosum(1.2%), Microsporum canis(0.9%).CONCLUSION:
Tinea cruris is a male predominant dermatophytosis, the most common causative organism is T. rubrum, and tinea pedis seems to be an important reservoir.
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Main subject:
Tinea
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Tinea Pedis
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Incidence
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Arthrodermataceae
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Epidermophyton
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Groin
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Microsporum
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Dermatology
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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