%0 Journal Article
%T Frequency of superficial mycoses in residents of the tropical jungle (choc車, Colombia) Frecuencia de las micosis superficiales en comunidades de la cuenca del r赤o Baud車 (Choc車)
%A Juan Carlos Wolff
%J Iatreia
%D 1991
%I Universidad de Antioquia
%X A group of 742 persons living along the Baud車 river (Choc車, Colombia) was studied for superficial mycoses by means of clinical screening and direct examination for fungl; In 165 (22.2%) clinically suggestive lesions were found; 120 of them were studied by means of direct mycological examination 76 were found to be positive. The most frequent diagnoses were pytiriasis versicolor, tinneas and candidiasis. The frequency of mycoses was lower than expected for inhabitants of very humid tropical zones; further studies would require the inclusion of fungal cultures. En una muestra de 742 personas, representativa de la poblaci車n de la Cuenca del R赤o Baud車 (Choc車), se hall車 que 165 (22.2%) ten赤an lesiones cl赤nicamente sugestivas de micosis superficiales; 120 de ellas fueron estudiadas por examen directo para hongos y 76 resultaron positivas (63.3%). Las entidades m芍s frecuentes fueron pitiriasis versicolor, ti as y candidiasis. Se concluye que, a la luz de estos resultados, el problema no es de la magnitud esperada para residentes de esta zona muy h迆meda tropical pero se recomiendan estudios m芍s a fondo, con cultivos, para definir su verdadera importancia.
%K Micosis superficiales
%K epidemiolog赤a en el tr車pico
%U http://www.iatreia.udea.edu.co/index.php/iatreia/article/view/668