Prevalence of superficial fungal infections among sports-active individuals: Results from the Achilles survey, a review of the literature

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 312-316

  Caputo, R ^a   De Boulle, K ^a   Del Rosso, J ^a   Nowicki, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical examination; Foot pathology; Fungal infections; Onychomycosis; Prevalence; Sports; Tinea pedis

Indexed keywords

ALLYLAMINE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GRISEOFULVIN; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; TRIAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FOOT DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SPORTS MEDICINE; TINEA PEDIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EUROPE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; SPORTS MEDICINE; TINEA PEDIS;

EID: 0034748335     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2001.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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