Isolation of keratinophilic fungi from elementary schools and public parks in Isfahan, Iran

Mycoses

Volumn 45, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 496-499

  Shadzi, S ^a   Chadeganipour, Mostafa ^a   Alimoradi, M ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chrysosporium; Dust; Iran; Keratinophilic fungi; Microsporum; Soil; Trichophyton

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRYSOSPORIUM KERATINOPHILUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IRAN; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TECHNIQUE;

CHILD; CHRYSOSPORIUM; DERMATOMYCOSES; DUST; HAIR; HUMANS; IRAN; KERATINS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; SCHOOLS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; URBAN HEALTH;

CHRYSOSPORIUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM KERATINOPHILUM; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0036460746     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2002.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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