Tracking Trichophyton tonsurans through a large urban child care center: Defining infection prevalence and transmission patterns by molecular strain typing

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2365-2373

  Abdel Rahman, Susan M ^a,b   Simon, Steve ^a   Wright, Krista J ^a   Ndjountche, Liliane ^a   Gaedigk, Andrea ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatophyte; Epidemiology; Pediatric; Tinea; Trichophyton

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTOSIS; URBAN AREA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DAY CARE; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33947114838     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2065     Document Type: Article

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