A Clinical and Mycological Study of Tinea Corporis.
- Author:
Byung Nam CHUN
;
Hee Joon YU
;
Sook Ja SON
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Clinical and mycological study;
Tinea corporis
- MeSH:
Animals;
Arthrodermataceae;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Soil;
Species Specificity;
Tinea Pedis;
Tinea*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1989;27(5):537-542
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The clinical and mycological investigation was made with 68 cases of tinea corporis who had visited the Dermatologic Clinic of N.M.C. from Nov. 1985 to Oct. 1988. The results were as follows : 1. The ratio of male to female was 1.1: 1, and tinea corporis was most preva lent in the twenties. 2. 25 cases (36.8%) had a history of contact with infected animals or soil. 3. 75% of cases had less than 2 lesions. The exposed area was more frequently affected, and the face being the most frequent site. 4, Concurrent infection of tinea corporis with other types of dermatophytosis were noted in 33 cases (48.8%), and the most common was tinea pedis. 5. From the 68 cases, 49 organisms composed of 4 species were isolated, which were T. rubrum (32 cases), M. Canis (11 cases), T. mentagrophytes (5 cases) and M. gypseem (1 case). 6. Of the clinical variants of tinea corporis, the annular type was most comm only noted. No species specificity was noted in annular type, but T. rubrum was the major causative organism of eczematous and plaque type, and M. canis was the only isolated organism in herpetiform type. 7. As compared with other dermatophytes, M. canis was more commonly isolated from the smaller lesion.
