Epidemiology of dermatomycoses of humans in Central Poland. Part V. Tinea corporis

The total number of dermatophytoses (7393) included 2204 (29.8%) cases of t inea glabrosa. Etiological factors in descending order were: Microsporum ca nis (23.5%), Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. granulosum (21.6%), Trichophy ton rubrum (17.8%), Trichophyton tonsurans (10.4%), Epidermophyton floccosu m (7.7%), T. mentagrophytes var. quinckeanum (6.0%), Microsporum gypseum (5 .3%), Trichophyton violaceum (3.7%), T. mentagrophytes var. interdigitale ( 2.3%), Microsporum equinum (0.7%), Trichophyton verrucosum (0.4%), Trichoph yton spec. (0.4%), Microsporum cookei (0.14%). At present tinea glabrosa is dominant among all clinical forms of dermatophyte infections of skin and s kin appendages in the Lodz region.