Asymptomatic dermatophyte scalp carriage in school children in Adana, Turkey

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-134

  Ilkit, Macit ^a   Demirhindi, Hakan ^a   Yetgin, Mesut ^a   Ates, Aylin ^a   Turaç Biçer, Aygül ^a   Yula, Erkan ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carrier; Microsporum canis; Tinea capitis; Trichophyton mentagrophytes; Zoophilic dermatophyte

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; GENTAMICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INOCULATION; MALE; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SCALP; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCALP; TINEA CAPITIS; TURKEY;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 33846983574     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01335.x     Document Type: Article

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