This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on Web of Science (3)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

J. SCHWARZ, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1959;80(5):538-542.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

A short account of some figures will be given which we have accumulated during the nine years of the existence of the mycology laboratory in the General Hospital (Table 1). The overwhelming majority, or to be exact, more than 96% of all hair infections by Microsporum species are caused by Microsporum audouini. The absolute figures represent only a fraction of the total incidence, because even in the hospital certain cases, which are clinically typical and which show clear-cut fluorescence with Wood's light, are not cultured. This, indeed, refers in much higher percentage to cases seen in private practice, and one can only guess how many thousands of cases are seen by dermatologists, general practitioners, and pediatricians. One rather busy practitioner confesses to approximately 60 cases of M. audouini infection per year, and only the hope can be expressed that this is not the average number . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Cincinnati

From the Laboratory of Mycology, Cincinnati General Hospital (Departments of Dermatology and Pathology) and the Clinical Laboratories, Jewish Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 31, 1959.

Read in part at Central States Meeting, Cicinnati, March 7, 1959.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?