TY - JOUR T1 - How important are the dermatophytes? A clinical and laboratory investigation. JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 313 LP - 314 DO - 10.1136/jcp.35.3.313 VL - 35 IS - 3 AU - D G Davies AU - J Deighton AU - W D Paterson Y1 - 1982/03/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/35/3/313.abstract N2 - Dermatophyte infections were established in 6.9% of 640 unselected dermatology outpatients attending two district general hospitals in Cumbria over a six-month period. A clinical diagnosis of ringworm was confirmed in the laboratory in 43.1% of hospital and in 21.8% of a smaller series of general practice patients. No result of similar surveys have been published before., Even in a major stock-rearing area such as this, domestic pets appear to be a more important source of infection than the farm animal. ER -