Case reports. Tinea capitis due to Trichophyton soudanense and Trichophyton schoenleinii

Mycoses

Volumn 45, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 518-521

  Romano, Clara ^a   De Aloe, G ^a   Calcaterra, R ^b   Gianni, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Tinea capitis; Trichophyton schoenleinii; Trichophyton soudanense

Indexed keywords

GRISEOFULVIN; IMIDAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOPHYTE; ERYTHEMA; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; SCALP; TINEA CAPITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON SCHOENLEINI; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE;

CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; FUNGI; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON SCHOENLEINII; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE;

EID: 0036460154     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2002.00808.x     Document Type: Article

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