Original articleEpidemiology of dermatophytoses in 31 municipalities of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina: A 6-year studyEpidemiología de las dermatofitosis en 31 municipios de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina: estudio de 6 años
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Methods
From January 2002 to December 2007 a six-year retrospective epidemiological review of 5650 cases of superficial mycoses was carried out. In order to collect the data, a form with closed questions was created and distributed to the laboratories. Records of dermatophytoses were collected monthly from 55 public clinical laboratories of the MNPBA, Argentina. The criteria for a clinical diagnosis of dermatophytosis were positive direct examination (hyaline septate hyphae, with or without
Results
A total of 5650 cases of superficial mycoses were reported by 41 (74.5%) of the 55 participating laboratories of the MNPBA. Of those, 3966 were dermatophytosis cases, and accounted 70.2% of all reported cases. However, it was not possible to confirm the definitive diagnosis through the culture in 333 cases, then only a presumptive diagnosis of dermatophytosis should be considered. Yeast infections accounted for 1678 (29.7%) cases, and the remaining six cases were infections produced by
Discussion
The results show that from 2002 to 2007 dermatophytosis was the most common superficial mycosis in the PBA. There were more female cases, which agrees with previous studies performed in different regions of Argentina.6, 7, 17 In contrast, other studies conducted in Portugal8, 20 and Mexico14 showed no significant gender differences, and Chinelli et al.5 reported a higher frequency of dermatophytoses in males in Brazil. It is likely that in this study women attended the dermatology service more
Conflict of interests
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests.
Acknowledgement
The authors would like to thank Verónica Trevisán for collecting the data.
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Mycology Network of the Province of Buenos Aires (MNPBA). See Appendix A for a complete list of members.