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A1 KESTEN BM, ASHFORD BK, BENHAM RW, EMMONS CW, MOSS MC
T1 Fungus infections of the skin and its appendages occurring in porto rico: A clinical and mycologic study
JF Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology
JO Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology
YR 1932
FD June 1
VO 25
IS 6
SP 1046
OP 1057
DO 10.1001/archderm.1932.01450021082008
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1932.01450021082008
AB Carrión1 has published detailed mycologic studies together with clinical descriptions and excellent photographs of a number of dermatomycoses occurring in Porto Rico. King2 and Ashford3 have also emphasized the frequent occurrence of fungus infections.In a previous report by one of us (Dr. Kesten)4 on skin diseases occurring in Porto Rico, it was noted that 42 per cent were clinically typical of fungus infections. Eighty patients (14 per cent ) were investigated for the presence of fungi. The object of this paper is to classify the lesions found in these cases according to their distribution and clinical characteristics and to report on the fungi occurring in these clinically similar lesions.TECHNICThe affected skin or appendage from which a culture was to be taken was cleansed with soap and water, swabbed with 50 per cent alcohol and allowed to dry. If the lesions