[Tinea pedis in young sailors].

Results of a 3 year long-term study concerning tinea pedis in 240 18 year-old males are reported. Clinical monitoring revealed tinea pedis in 25% of the rural population (dermatologically manifest in 7%) and 66.6% of the examined seamen (manifest in 45%).

[Occupational dermatomycoses of zoophilic origin in Bulgaria].

The relative proportion of zoophilic dermatomycoses is increased in comparison with Tinea capitis et pedum. The most frequent zoophilic species now is not only T. mentagrophytes, but T.

[Mycetomas originated from South-East Bulgaria (author's transl)].

According to investigations by the author, Bulgaria occupies a major position by the number of mycomas in European countries with temperate climate and small area. From 18 cases of mycomas, 10 cases, whom 7 were maduromycetomas or eumycetomas, originated from South-East Bulgaria, near Black Sea and Asia Minor, with warm and dry climate. This confirms that the climate has a definite influence on the disease.