Superficial Malassezia folliculitis was diagnosed in 1-1.5% of all dermatology patients seen in a Dermatology Out-Patient clinic in Urumqi City, Xinjiang province, west China. It was most prevalent in healthy, middle-aged males in the warm seasons. This disease, first reported in 1969, is usually diagnosed as a systemic disease of immuno-compromised patients. Our findings indicate it is a relatively common superficial skin disease that can be managed with ketoconazole or itraconazole.
Dermatomycoses/epidemiology , Folliculitis/epidemiology , Itraconazole/therapeutic use , Ketoconazole/therapeutic use , Malassezia/isolation & purification , Adult , China/epidemiology , Dermatomycoses/drug therapy , Folliculitis/drug therapy , Folliculitis/microbiology , Humans , Immunocompromised Host , Ketoconazole/administration & dosage , Male , Middle Aged
Twenty percent of 1000 dairy cows were infected with Trichophyton verrucosum in a newly established dairy farm in western China. The disease was transmitted to 30 of 100 animal workers. The source of the outbreak is unknown but it is suspected that naïve cattle which were transported from Holland to China became infected after they arrived in Xinjiang province (West China) where the fungus is endemic in nature, prepuberty school children and various livestock.
Agriculture , Cattle Diseases/microbiology , Tinea/transmission , Tinea/veterinary , Trichophyton/isolation & purification , Zoonoses/microbiology , Zoonoses/transmission , Animals , Cattle , Cattle Diseases/epidemiology , Cattle Diseases/transmission , China/epidemiology , Female , Humans , Incidence , Occupational Exposure , Tinea/epidemiology , Tinea/microbiology , Zoonoses/epidemiology
