Co-isolation of Trichosporon inkin and Candida parapsilosis from a scalp white piedra case

Medical Mycology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-92

  Taj Aldeen, Saad J ^a   Al Ansari, Hamda I ^a   Boekhout, Teun ^b   Theelen, Bart ^b  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Candida parapsilosis; Scalp hair; Trichosporon inkin; White piedra

Indexed keywords

ECONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; QATAR; RIBOSOME; SCALP HAIR; TRICHOSPORON; TRICHOSPORON CUTANEUM; TRICHOSPORON INKIN; YEAST;

ADULT; CANDIDA; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; SCALP DERMATOSES; TRICHOSPORON;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; TRICHOSPORON CUTANEUM; TRICHOSPORON INKIN;

EID: 0842286546     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369378032000141453     Document Type: Article

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