Prevalence of dermatophytoses in the Zarqa district of Jordan

Mycopathologia

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 137-142

  Abu Elteen, Khaled H ^a   Malek, Medhat Abdul ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Ibn Hayan Medical Center   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; Dermatophytosis; Epidemiology; Jordan; Tinea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JORDAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEASON; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; MICROSPORUM; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANIS; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TINEA; TINEA CRURIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON SCHOENLEINII; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 0343485092     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007009218316     Document Type: Article

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