Dermatophyte test medium culture versus mycology laboratory analysis for suspected onychomycosis: A study of 100 cases in a geriatric population

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 450-459

  Scherer, William P ^a,b   Kinmon, Kyle ^b  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF PODIATRIC SURGERY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRODERMA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PODIATRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PODIATRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034295104     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-90-9-450     Document Type: Article

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