Epidemiological and aetiological study on tinea pedis and onychomycosis in Algeria

Mycoses

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 190-196

  Djeridane, Assya ^a   Djeridane, Yasmina ^b   Ammar Khodja, Aomar ^c  

^a Hopital Central de l'Armee   (Algeria)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CHU Mustapha   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; Candida parapsilosis; Dermatophytes; Onychomycosis; Tinea pedis; Trichophyton rubrum; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOOT DISEASE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HABIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OCCUPATION; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGERIA; CANDIDA; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; FUNGI; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 33646229111     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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