White piedra: Further evidence of a synergistic infection

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 746-749

  Youker, Summer R ^b   Andreozzi, Robert J ^b   Appelbaum, Peter C ^b   Credito, Kim ^b   Miller, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETOCONAZOLE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR; TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII;

EID: 0141867858     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0190-9622(03)00459-6     Document Type: Article

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