Levantamento de casos de pitiríase versicolor em Goiânia-Go, Brasil

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2002-10

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Ruy de Souza Lino Júnior

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Pityriasis versicolor is a cosmopolite superficial fungai infection of the skin caused by yeasts of Malassezia genus. Humans, after puberty, are more susceptible to the manifestation of this disease, because of the lipophilic characteristic of this rungus. In this study a retrospective report was performed from January 1998 to December 1999 with 1,805 files from patients that were attended in the mycology sector of a private laboratory in Goiânia, GO/Brazil. In the group of patients with superficial mycosis, the prevalence of pityriasis versicolor was of 17.0%. Most of the patients with the disease were female, between 31 to 40 years old and dark colored skin. They presented hypopigmented and furfuraceous lesions in the dorsal region of the body. Hence pityriasis versicolor is still one of the relevant diseases, among the superficial mycosis of human skin.

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Micose superficial, Pitiríase versicolor, Malassezia sp, Superficial mycosis, Pityriasis versicolor

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BARBOSA, Jefferson Alves; RIBEIRO, Evandro Leão. Levantamento de casos de pitiríase versicolor em Goiânia-Go, Brasil. Revista de Patologia Tropical, Goiânia, v. 31, n. 2, p.203-210, jul./dez. 2002. Disponível em: <https://www.revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/14563/9132>.