Superficial mycoses due to Trichophyton violaceum in Athens, Greece: A 15-year retrospective study

Mycoses

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 425-429

  Frangoulis, E ^a,c   Papadogeorgakis, H ^a   Athanasopoulou, B ^a   Katsambas, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c ANDREAS SYGROS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Athens; Dermatophytosis; Epidemiology; Greece; Trichophyton violaceum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GREECE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TINEA BARBAE; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA FACIEI; TINEA MANUUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 33644664860     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2005.01159.x     Document Type: Article

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