First Italian report of onychomycosis caused by Onychocola canadensis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 447-450

  Fanti, F ^a   Conti, S ^a   Zucchi, A ^a   Polonelli, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Onychocola canadensis; Onychomycosis

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOHEXIMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONY FORMATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HALLUX; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; ITALY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NAIL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOCOLA CANADENSIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; ONYGENALES; PENSIONER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; ASCOMYCOTA; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NAIL DISEASES; ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

ARACHNOMYCES NODOSETOSUS; FUNGI; ONYCHOCOLA; ONYGENALES;

EID: 0344876473     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780310001600444     Document Type: Article

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