Outbreak of tinea corporis caused by infection with Trichophyton tonsurans in boys belonging to a judo club of a high school in Kyoto

Skin Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 220-226

  Yonezawa, Masao ^a   Idei, Toshihiro ^a   Takahashi, Kenzo ^a   Miyachi, Yoshiki ^a   Tanaka, Soichi ^b   Mochizuki, Takashi ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tanaka Hifuka Clinic   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

And Judo player; Outbreak; Tinea corporis; Trichophyton tonsurans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEAD; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; JUDO; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORT; TINEA CORPORIS; TRAINING; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRUNK;

EID: 3042716045     PISSN: 13471813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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