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The literature on dermatophytosis and its causative fungi in Kyushu district during a 45-year period (1924∼1968) has been reviewed. In tinea capitis, Trichophyton ferrugineum was the most common species isolating in 67% of cases; followed by T. glabrum, 24%; T. violaceum, 5.1%: T. gypseum (asteroides), 1.3%; T. rubrum, 0.3%; Microsporum gypseum, 0.2%, and T. coccineum, 0.7% respectively. However, not a single strain of T. coccineum has been isolated since 1950, and the incidence of T. ferrugineum in cases with tinea capitis has markedly decreased after the war. In southern part of Kyushu and Okinawa, T. glabrum and T. violaceum prevail over T. ferrugineum, showing geographical variation of the agents of tinea capitis. In tinea pedis, tinea unguium, tinea cruris, and tinea corporis, the most commonly isolated organism was T. rubrum, 71%; followed by T. interdigitale, 21%; T. gypseum (asteroides), 2.0%; Epidermophyton floccosum, 1.3%; T. ferrugineum, 1.2%; T. pedis, 0.8%; M. gypseum, 0.5%; T. glabrum, 0.2%; T. coccineum, 0.18%, and T. violaceum, 0.12%. The incidence of T. rubrum in cases with tinea pedis has been increasing.
