Summary
The actual state of dermatophytes in Romania is briefly reviewed. From the 20 species discovered, up to now, 14 belonged to the group of human and animal origin, the other 6 to “geophilic” dermatophytes.
The most frequently isolated wereT. mentagrophytes, (var.interdigitale),M. audouinii, T. violaceum andT. rubrum, which altogether caused more than 50 % of the human ringworm found in the last 15 years.
WhileT. mentagrophytes still remains the agent no. 1 of tinea pedis in Romania andT. rubrum keeps the first place in the nail involvements by dermatophytes, the first organism of tinea capitis areM. audouinii andT. violaceum, the former causing mainly the epidemic foci. Such epidemics may also be due toT. ferrugineum. The number of cases byT. schönleinii is more and more reduced. The infections byT. verruccosum are increasing. The rarity of cases due toT. gallinae, toT. equinum and toT. mengninii are pointed out.
From the so called geophilic dermatophytes,M. gypseum, K. ajelloi andChrysosporium keratinophilum are mostly isolated from the Romanian soil.T. terrestre, T. evolceanui, T. indicum andM. cookei are infrequently found. A few isolates ofT. mentagrophytes andT. quinckeanum were also discovered in the soil.
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Alteras, I., Cojocaru, I. Sur l'état actuel des dermatophytes en Roumanie. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 35, 17–26 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02053274
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