Trichophyton tonsurans tinea capitis in the San Francisco Bay area: Increased infection demonstrated in a 20-year survey of fungal infections from 1974 to 1994

Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 285-287

  Wilmington, M ^a   Aly, R ^b   Frieden, I J ^b,c  

^a DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; UNITED STATES;

FUNGI; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 0029822901     PISSN: 02681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681219680000481     Document Type: Article

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