Epidemiology and aetiology of dermatophytoses in the Maltese islands

Mikologia Lekarska

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 163-167

  Zahra, Loranne Vella ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; Epidermophyton; Malta; Microsporum; Trichophyton

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAT; CHILD; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DOG; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HAIR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MICROSPORUM GYPSEUM; MICROSPORUM PERSICOLOR; NAIL; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; SEX RATIO; SKIN; STANDARD; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA MANUUM; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EPIDERMOPHYTON; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FELIS CATUS; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MICROSPORUM PERSICOLOR; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 0141650616     PISSN: 1232986X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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