The Epidemiologic Study on Epidermophyton floccosum(1976-1997)
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 AND CONCLUSION: 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 6.6:1. 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.
Keywords
Epidemiologic study Epidermophyton floccosum
KJMM
1999 June;4(1):21-26(6). Epub 2016 February 24
Copyright © 1999 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
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Korean/English
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Byung Jun Ahn; Department of Dermatology, Catholic University of Taegu-Hyosung School of Medicine, Korea
Dong Seok Kim; Department of Dermatology, Catholic University of Taegu-Hyosung School of Medicine, Korea
Sang Won Kim; Department of Dermatology, Catholic University of Taegu-Hyosung School of Medicine, Korea
Soon Bong Suh; Catholic Skin Disease Clinic, Taegu, Korea
Corresponding
Sang Won Kim, Department of Dermatology, Catholic University of Taegu-Hyosung School of Medicine, Korea.
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Byung Jun Ahn
Department of Dermatology, Catholic University of Taegu-Hyosung School of Medicine, Korea
Dong Seok Kim
Department of Dermatology, Catholic University of Taegu-Hyosung School of Medicine, Korea
Sang Won Kim
Department of Dermatology, Catholic University of Taegu-Hyosung School of Medicine, Korea
Soon Bong Suh
Catholic Skin Disease Clinic, Taegu, Korea
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