Antifungal susceptibilities and genetic relatedness of serial Trichophyton rubrum isolates from patients with onychomycosis of the toenail

Mycoses, Supplement

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-110

  Bradley, M C ^a   Leidich, S ^a   Isham, N ^a   Elewski, B E ^a   Ghannoum, Mahmoud A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allylamines; Antifungals; Onychomycosis; RAPD; Susceptibility testing; Terbinafine; Trichophyton rubrum

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; GRISEOFULVIN; ITRACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 0033502458     PISSN: 09437312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1999.tb00024.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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