Species distribution and antifungal susceptibilities of dermatophytes during a one year period at a university hospital in Turkey

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-129

  Ozkutuk, Aydan ^a   Ergon, Cem ^a   Yulug, Nuran ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antifungal susceptibility; Dermatophytes; Dermatophytoses; Epidemiology; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; NAFTIFINE; OXICONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; DERMATOMYCOSES; EPIDERMOPHYTON; HAIR; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSPORUM; NAILS; PREVALENCE; SKIN; TRICHOPHYTON; TURKEY;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 33846967461     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01333.x     Document Type: Article

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