A case of black dot ringworm attributable to Trichophyton violaceum: A simple method for identifying macroconidia and microconidia formation by fungi-tape™ and mycoperm-blue™

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 424-427

  Ogasawara, Yumie ^a   Hara, Joko ^a   Hiruma, Masataro ^b   Muto, Masahiko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fungi tape ; Macroconidia; Microconidia; MycoPerm Blue ; Trichophyton violaceum

Indexed keywords

MICONAZOLE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; TERBINAFINE; COLORING AGENT;

AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FUNGUS SPORE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; TRICHOPHYTON;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORING AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; SCALP DERMATOSES; SPORES, FUNGAL; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 3042570660     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00697.x     Document Type: Article

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