Demonstration of dermatophyte dissemination from the infected soles using the foot-press method

Mycoses

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 145-151

  Maruyama, R ^a   Katoh, T ^a   Nishioka, K ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; Dissemination; Foot press method; Tinea pedis

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; FLUCYTOSINE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DERMATOPHYTE; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; TINEA PEDIS;

EID: 0031808939     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1998.tb00316.x     Document Type: Article

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