Mycological flora isolated from people in Poland

It has been shown that in Poland the most frequently encountered pathogenic fungi are the zoophilic ones:T. mentagrophytes, M. canis andT. verrucosum. The zoophilic fungi have been isolated in 69.6 % of cases, while the anthropophilic fungi in 30.3 % of cases. In Poland, the most frequently isolated fungus among anthropophilic fungi have beenT. rubrum (36.2 %) andT. violaceum (34.3 %), whereasT. schoenleinii has been found in 5.7 % of cases. The geographical distribution of the anthropophilic fungi indicates that they appear most frequently in the counties of Biaystok (58.2 %), Katowice (40.5 %), and Warsaw (36.5 %), while the zoophilic fungi are found prevalently in the counties of ód (93.0 %), Kielce (84.7 %) and in that of Szczecin (83.8 %). It has been ascertained that the diseased animals and sick persons form the main reservoirs of the pathogenetic fungi. For the prophylactic purposes it is indispensable to promote among the population the sanitary instructions and propagate the principles of personal hygiene, which play a very important role in preventing mycosis. Within the framework of antimycosis campaigns it is necessary to widen the collaboration between the dermatologists and veterinary surgeons.Summary The author came to the conclusion that people in Poland suffer mostly of zoo-philic (69.9 %) than of anthropophilic dermatomycoses (30.3 %).Trichophyton rubrum was observed in 36.2 %,T. violaceum in 24.3 % andT. schoenleinii in 5.7. %. The main reservoir of dermatomycoses in Poland are sick animals and people. In the fight against mycoses of people and animals the collaboration of dermatologists and veterinarians is absolutely necessary.

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Résumé L'auteur a démontré qu'en Pologne chez les hommes la fréquence des dermatomycoses zoophiles est plus haute (69.7 %) que celle des dermatomycoses anthropophiles (30.3 %). Trichophyton rubrum noté dans 36.2 %,Trichophyton violaceum dans 24.3 % etTrichophyton schoenleinii dans 5.7 % cas. Les réservoirs principaux des mycoses en Pologne sont les animaux et les hommes malades. Dans la lutte contre les mycoses chez les hommes et chez les animaux, il est indispensable de constituer une collaboration stricte entre les dermatologues et les véterinaires.