Susceptibility to fungal infections of nails in patients with primary antibody deficiency

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 223-232

  Macura, Anna B ^a   Macura Biegun, Anna ^a   Pawlik, Bolesław ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

C. albicans; Nail infection; Primary antibody deficiency; T. mentagrophytes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; VOLUNTEER; X LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOSES; NAIL DISEASES; ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0038209312     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9571(02)00051-6     Document Type: Article

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