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SIXTEEN YEARS OF PITYRIASIS VERSICOLOR IN METROPOLITAN AREA OF PORTO ALEGRE, SOUTHERN BRAZIL

Overview of attention for article published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, January 2015
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Title
SIXTEEN YEARS OF PITYRIASIS VERSICOLOR IN METROPOLITAN AREA OF PORTO ALEGRE, SOUTHERN BRAZIL
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, January 2015
DOI 10.1590/s0036-46652015000400001
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Daiane Heidrich, Tatiane Caroline Daboit, Cheila Denise Ottonelli Stopiglia, Cibele Massotti Magagnin, Gerson Vetoratto, Taís Guarienti Amaro, Maria Lúcia Scroferneker

Abstract

SUMMARYPityriasis versicolor is the most common of the diseases caused by Malasseziayeasts. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of pityriasis versicolor and its etiological aspects in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, Brazil. A retrospective crosssectional study with data from patients of a reference hospital from 1996 to 2011 was performed. Collected data included: date, age, gender, ethnicity, anatomical region of lesion and the direct mycological examination results. Among the positive results in the direct mycological examination, 5.8% (2,239) were positive for pityriasis versicolor. The angular coefficient (B) was -0.3%/year, showing a decrease over the years. The disease was more prevalent in men (7.1% of men versus 5.1% of women that underwent the direct mycological examination); younger age (median 31 years old); "pardo" and black people (3.7% more than expected in the sample); trunk (73.44% of the affected anatomic sites). Lesions in rare sites (groin, genitals, legs, feet and hands) were also observed in this study. In conclusion, due to the decrease in the prevalence of pityriasis versicolor, long-term epidemiological studies in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, Brazil, are needed to continue the monitoring of this disease.

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Unknown 18 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Professor 1 6%
Unknown 17 94%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 6%
Unknown 17 94%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 June 2016.
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#4,835,465
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Outputs from Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
#47
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#62,237
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Outputs of similar age from Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
#4
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