A twenty-year survey of dermatophytoses in Braga, Portugal

• Author(s): Valdigem, G. L. ; Pereira, Tiago ; Macedo, C. ; Duarte, M. L. ; Oliveira, Pedro ; Ludovico, Paula ; Sousa-Basto, A. ; Leão, Cecília ; Rodrigues, Fernando José dos Santos
• Date: 2006
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/5783
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Modifications in social habits together with the increase of emigration have contributed not only to increased dermatophytoses but also to an altered etiology. During the last few years, Braga has suffered a radical change from a rural to a cosmopolitan life-style.