Ritual Samoan body tattooing and associated sporotrichosis

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-53

  Choong, Khai Y ^a,b   Roberts, Leonard J ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MEDIPRO Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fungal infection; Itraconazole; Sporothrix schenckii

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SAMOA; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TATTOOING;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; SAMOA; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TATTOOING;

EID: 0030074767     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1996.tb00996.x     Document Type: Article

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