Adhesion of dermatophytes to healthy feet and its simple treatment

Mycoses

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 45-50

  Watanabe, Kyoko ^a   Taniguchi, H ^a   Katoh, T ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; Foot press method; Prevention; Public bath; Tinea pedis

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINEA PEDIS;

ADULT; BATHS; CELL ADHESION; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; FUNGI; SOLEIDAE; TINEA;

EID: 0034089907     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2000.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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