Dermatophytoses in the Gdańsk area, Poland: A 12-year survey

Mycoses

Volumn 39, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 399-402

  Nowicki, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; Dermatophytosis; Epidemiology; Gda sk; Poland

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANIS; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; EPIDERMOPHYTON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORUM; POLAND; PREVALENCE; TRICHOPHYTON; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOPHYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DERMATOMYCOSES; EPIDERMOPHYTON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROSPORUM; POLAND; PREVALENCE; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0030300042     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1996.tb00162.x     Document Type: Review

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