Species distribution and frequency of isolation of yeasts and dermatophytes from toe webs of diabetic patients

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-92

  Mlinarić Missoni, Emilija ^a   Kalenić, Smilja ^b   Važić Babić, Verica ^a  

^a CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; Diabetic patients; Toe webs; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOSCHIZOMYCES; CANDIDA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DEBARYOMYCES; DERMATOPHYTE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDERMOPHYTON; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOTRICHUM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; RHODOTORULA; SACCHAROMYCES; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES DOMINANCE; TOE; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOSPORON; USTILAGO; YEAST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TINEA PEDIS; TOES; YEASTS;

EID: 22444432118     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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