A case of tinea capitis caused by Trichophyton tonsurans

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-29

  Urano, Shoko ^a   Shirai, Shigeko ^b   Suzuki, Yoko ^c   Sugaya, Keiko ^d   Takigawa, Masahiro ^d   Mochizuki, Takashi ^e  

^a Department of Dermatology   (Japan)

^b Fujinomiya City General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Shizuoka Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

^d HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERBINAFINE;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONIDIUM; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

FUNGI; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 0037282981     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.44.25     Document Type: Article

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