Indonesia is a tropical country and is the largest archipelago in the world. The country consists of more than 17,000 islands, although only 6,000 are inhabited by a population of more than 201 million people. In tropical countries, superficial mycosis are prevalent all the time, pytiriasis versicolor, several clinical forms of tineas and cutaneous candidosis comprise the most common spectrum of the disease. In our clinic this group diseases ranks the second or third place after dermatitis and acne vulgaris. Besides these common superficial fungal diseases, tines imbricate is endemic in eastern parts of islands in Indonesia. Sporotrichosis, chromomycosis, mycetoma and subcutaneous zygomycosis are occasionally seen in our clinic. The incidence of mycosis profunda is 0~2 per year in our department. Besides dermatomycosis, systemic mycosis s. a. lung aspergillosis, candidosis of the G. I. tract were also observed. Other systemic mycosis reported as endemic are histoplasmosis and cryptococcosis.
Acne Vulgaris ; Chromoblastomycosis ; Cryptococcosis ; Dermatitis ; Dermatomycoses ; Histoplasmosis ; Incidence ; Indonesia ; Islands ; Mycetoma ; Pulmonary Aspergillosis ; Skin* ; Sporotrichosis ; Tinea ; Zygomycosis