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A review of medical mycology in Colombia, South America

Including presentation of 309 original cases of various mycoses

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Summary

A review of the mycotic cases diagnosed in Colombia is presented. The deep mycoses have been all observed, with the exception of North American Blastomycosis. The commonest entities are South American Blastomycosis, Sporotrichosis and Chromoblastomycosis.

Among the superficial mycoses, tinea capitis and corporis were noticed most frequently.Microsporon canis was isolated in most instances. Some other superficial mycoses, as Pityriasis versicolor and Piedra were also observed.

National references pertaining to the subject are included.

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Se presenta una revisión de los cases colombianos de Micosis. Todos los tipos de micosis profundas, con excepción de la Blastomicosis Norteamericana, han sido observados en nuestro territorio. Como entidades más frecuentes podemos anotar la Blastomicosis Suramericana, la Esporotricosis y la Cromoblastomicosis.

Entre las micosis superficiales se anota una mayor incidencia de tinea capitis y corporis, siendo elMicrosporon canis el agente etiológico aislado más frecuentemente. Se reporta igualmente la incidencia de otras formas superficiales, tales como, la pitiriasis versicolor y la piedra del cabello.

Se incluye la literatura nacional obtenida sobre el tema.

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  1. Julio Sánchez-Arbelaéz

    Present address: The Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, Conn., USA

Authors and Affiliations

  1. From the Departments of Microbiology and Dermatology, respectively. Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia. S.A.

    Angela Restrepo-Moreno & Gonzalo Calle-Velez

  2. Intern in Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia. S.A.

    Antonio Correa-Gonzalez

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Part of this work was presented as a thesis for the degree of Doctor in Medicine to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia by one of us (Sánchez-Arbelaéz J.) in 1957.

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Restrepo-Moreno, A., Calle-Velez, G., Sánchez-Arbelaéz, J. et al. A review of medical mycology in Colombia, South America. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 17, 93–110 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02279268

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