Clinico-mycological profile of dermatophytosis in a reference centre for leprosy and dermatological diseases in Addis Ababa

Mycopathologia

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-172

  Woldeamanuel, Y ^a   Leekassa, R ^b   Chryssanthou, E ^c   Mengistu, Y ^a   Petrini, B ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b All Africa Leprosy Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dermatophyte; ITS 2 region; Trichophyton violaceum; White variant

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 32944465049     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-004-3141-5     Document Type: Article

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