[Mycological and clinical study of 102 cases of dermatosis]

With the main purpose to recognize the pathogenic fungi which can be isolated from skin diseases and simultaneously from normal and abnormal toe spaces, the authors studied 102 patients with several dermatoses and a control group with 21 cases of dermatophytosis which were diagnosed by direct examination and culture of infected skin and nails, and by clinical features. All patients were submitted to mycological examination of the skin lesions and interdigital spaces. No pathogenic fungi were isolated from dermatoses but species of candida could be found from skin lesions and nails in the control group and from normal and abnormal toe webs in the dermatoses group. The authors conclude that in these previous skin lesions there was no local predisposition to fungus infection and they seem to be less important than heat, moisture, friction, immunosuppression, lymphoma, a variety of endocrine abnormalities and cachetic states.