Micosis cutánea en pacientes que acuden a consulta dermatológica del Hospital Naval de Guayaquil en el periodo de enero a diciembre 2018.

Abstract

Introduction: Superficial mycoses are skin infections generally treated outside the hospital and are frequent according to previous descriptions. Objective: To identify the types of cutaneous mycosis in the personnel who attend the dermatological consultation of the Naval Hospital of Guayaquil between January 2018 and December 2018. Results: 113 cases were presented in the dermatological consultation (M: 60 F: 53) with a mean of 35.43 years (± 23,922), with frequent history of arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus, whose most frequent symptoms were onychodystrophy (n = 38), hypochromic macules (n = 31), and erythematous-scaly / pruritic plaques (n = 21), and whose most frequent diagnoses were pityriasis versicolor (n = 44), onychomycosis (n = 38), tinea pedis (n = 11), tinea of the beard or scalp (n = 6), tinea corporis ( n = 5), tinea cruris (n = 3) and dermatophytosis (n = 2), with a modal duration of 1 month.