A ten-year survey of onychomycosis in the Central Region of the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil


Autoria(s): LOPES,Jorge O.; ALVES,Sydney H.; MARI,Cristine R.D.; OLIVEIRA,Loiva T.O.; BRUM,Liliani M.; WESTPHALEN,Jorge B.; FURIAN,Fábio W.; ALTERMANN,Márcia J.
Data(s)

01/05/1999

Resumo

Onychomycosis is a common infection of the nail plate caused by fungal microrganisms, and represents approximately 50% of nails disorders and 30% of all superficial mycotic infections. We present a study of the frequency, epidemiology and clinical aspects of onychomycosis in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul during the period 1988-1997.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651999000300002

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Instituto de Medicina Tropical

Fonte

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo v.41 n.3 1999

Palavras-Chave #Onychomycosis #Frequency #Epidemiology #Clinical aspects
Tipo

journal article