Isolation of Trichophyton violaceum and Trichophyton soudanense in Baltimore, Maryland

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 461-465

  Magill, Shelley S ^a   Manfredi, Liliana ^b   Swiderski, Andrew ^b   Cohen, Bernard ^a   Merz, William G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Baltimore Medical Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONAZOLE; GRISEOFULVIN; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; SELENIUM SULFIDE; TERBINAFINE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM; UNITED STATES;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BALTIMORE; GRISEOFULVIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITRACONAZOLE; TINEA; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 33847046310     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02033-06     Document Type: Article

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