Epidemiology of tinea pedis and toenail tinea unguium in worshippers in the mosques in Adana, Turkey

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 698-704

  Ilkit, Macit ^a   Tanir, Ferdi ^a   Hazar, Salih ^a   Gümüşay, Türker ^a   Akbaba, Muhsin ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ablution; Tinea pedis; Tinea unguium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLEANING; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MOSLEM; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TINEA PEDIS; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 26644453578     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00828.x     Document Type: Article

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