Tinea capitis in adult women masquerading as bacterial pyoderma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 2 B, 2003, Pages 177-179

  Martin, Elizabeth S ^b   Elewski, Boni E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GRISEOFULVIN; PREDNISONE; TERBINAFINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA; SKIN BIOPSY; TINEA CAPITIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 0042133287     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2003.327     Document Type: Article

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