Epidemiology of dermatomycoses of humans in Central Poland. Part II - Non-dermatophyte infections of nails and periungual walls

This study presents the epidemiology of dermatomycoses and their etiologica l agents of people living in the Lodz region, Central Poland, over the year s 1987-1996. The study comprised a total of 25737 patients. Positive mycolo gical results were obtained for 14084 patients (54.7%). The total number of 14295 of positive mycological results included 6902 (48.3%) isolations of non-dermatophyte fungi. Among these positive results, isolations from subje cts with infections of nails and periungual walls amounted to 2034 (29.5%). Candida albicans (59.9%) and Aspergillus sp. (17.3%) were major etiologica l factors of those infections. The decade in question was marked by a stead y growth in incidence of the infections studied, especially over the years 1994-1996.