Aetiological agents of tinea capitis in Tehran (Iran)

Mycoses

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-67

  Bassiri Jahromi, Sh ^a   Khaksar, A A ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; Epidemiology; Iran; Tinea capitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORUM GYPSEUM; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL HYGIENE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON SCHOENLEINI; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM; CLASSIFICATION; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON SCHOENLEINII; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33644874845     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2005.01182.x     Document Type: Article

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