Clinical and mycological study of occult tinea pedis and tinea unguium in dermatological patients from Tokyo

Mycoses

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 114-119

  Ogasawara, Yumie ^a,b   Hiruma, M ^a   Muto, M ^b   Ogawa, H ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Occult athlete's foot; Tinea pedis; Tinea unguium; Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TINEA PEDIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINEA PEDIS; TOKYO; TRICHOPHYTON;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; FUNGI; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0037734343     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2003.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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