Prevalence of undetected tinea capitis in a prospective school survey in Madrid: Emergence of new causative fungi

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 658-660

  Cuetara M S ^a   Del Palacio, A ^a   Pereiro, M ^b   Noriega, A R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GRISEOFULVIN; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DERMATOPHYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SCHOOL; SKIN INFECTION; SPAIN; TINEA; TINEA CAPITIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRICHOPHYTON;

ADOLESCENT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPORUM; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0031954376     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02181.x     Document Type: Article

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