Dermatomycoses in Puerto Rico

Carion, Arturo L.

doi:10.1001/archderm.1965.01600110017006

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“…A survey in Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean (Carrion, 1965) for the years 1930-49 indicated that tinea pedis, followed by nail and body infections were far more common than scalp ringworm. T. mentagrophytes and T. rubrum together (Dion & Kapica, 1975) showed that there had been a significant decrease in the proportion of endothrix and favic infections.…”

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Geographical distribution of the dermatophytes: a review

Philpot

1978

J. Hyg.

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In these days of rapid transit from continent to continent, and the increasing mobility of people, agents of disease are no longer geographically restricted. Disease contracted half way across the world may become manifest in a country in which the pathogen is not normally found. Thus knowledge of the geographical distribution of pathogens becomes increasingly important when a diagnosis is being made. This is as true of ringworm fungi as of any other group of micro-organisms. In the last 12 years, in the Mycological Reference Laboratory, an increasing number of exotic dermatophytes have been seen, related in part at least to the great increase in the number of non-British residents.

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Geographical distribution of the dermatophytes: a review

Philpot

1978

J. Hyg.

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“…In Europe, the largest numbers of cases are reported from Portugal [15, 16] and Germany [17–19]. The fungus has been reported sporadically in Asia [20], especially India [21, 22] and Iran [23], and in America [24–26] and Australia [27]. The only study with a large number of cases (62 out of 273) is from Libya [28], however, Anstey et al .…”

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Case Reports. Four paediatric cases of tinea capitis due to unusual agents

Romano

1999

Mycoses

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“…In Mexico [52] and Puerto Rico [53], about two-thirds of all tinea capitis cases are caused by T. tonsurans and a third by M. canis. This points to the possibility that the steady increase in i7 tonsurans infections in the USA has been triggered by immigrants from these areas.…”

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“…As shown in Table 1, 7. rubrum in tinea capitis was not even detected by half of the investigators. There are reports of three cases (3.1%) from Puerto Rico [53], four (0.8%) from Chicago [12] and six cases (0.3%) from Detroit ~501.…”

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Frequency ofTrichophyton rubrumin tinea capitis

Schwinn

Ebert

Bröcker

1995

Mycoses

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Trichophyton rubrum has led to unprecedented worldwide suppression of other dermatophytes which had been predominant earlier as a causative agent of superficial dermatomycoses. In tinea capitis on the other hand, several other species of Trichophyton or Microsporum are dominant depending on the region or continent. Tinea capitis caused by T. rubrum is a rare event worldwide. Occasional concentrations may be explained by several cases occurring by chance in one family or community. The relative frequency of this causative agent in tinea capitis in children is under 1%. In adults, however, where tinea capitis occurs very infrequently indeed, the incidence of T. rubrum appears to exceed 10%. Apart from two studies from India, one from Iran, two from Portugal and observations from Germany, which in the first country report of around 30% of all cases published, while the others document some 10% each, there are not only any conspicuous, unequivocal concentrations at all. Increased frequency of T. rubrum in this clinical picture has not been easily recognizable over the last decades due to low absolute case numbers.

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Dermatomycoses in Puerto Rico

Cited by 17 publications

References 3 publications

Geographical distribution of the dermatophytes: a review

Geographical distribution of the dermatophytes: a review

Case Reports. Four paediatric cases of tinea capitis due to unusual agents

Frequency ofTrichophyton rubrumin tinea capitis

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