Clinical and mycological features of dermatophytosis in renal transplant recipients

Mycoses

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 75-78

  Selvi, G Sentamil ^a,b   Kamalam, A ^a   Ajithados, K ^a   Janaki, C ^a   Thambiah, A S ^a  

^a MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Dermatophytosis; Epidemiology; Renal transplant recipients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA CRURIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; TRICHOPHYTON;

TINEA; TINEA CRURIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 0033062941     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.1999.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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