Dermatomycoses and their etiology in the material of the Dermatological Department in Lódź, Poland.

In the period of 1982-1988 mycological examinations were carried out on 4,657 patients suspected of having dermatomycoses. In approximately 60% of patients infections were localized on the feet and hands and in approximately 30% other regions of the glabrous skin were involved. Before treatment, 5,725 examinations were made. The diagnosis was confirmed mycologically in 30% of the cases, most often in tinea cruris (51%) and chronic paronychia (60%). In more than half of the cases the isolated fungi were dermatophytes, the most frequent species being Tr. mentagrophytes, followed by Tr. rubrum and E. floccosum. Among the other fungi, more than 50% were C. albicans and other Candida species.