Microsporum canis infections in children: Results of a new oral antifungal therapy

Mycoses

Volumn 39, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 265-269

  Ginter, Gabriele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie und Venerologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

antimycotic chemotherapy; griseofulvin resistance; infants; itraconazole; Microsporum canis; tinea capitis et corporis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GRISEOFULVIN; ITRACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS;

EID: 0030453493     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1996.tb00136.x     Document Type: Article

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