A study on tinea gladiatorum in young wrestlers and dermatophyte contamination of wrestling mats from Sari, Iran

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 332-334

  Hedayati, Mohammad T ^a   Afshar, Parvaneh ^a   Shokohi, Tahereh ^a   Aghili, Reza ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOHEXYLAMINE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEAD; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN EXAMINATION; TINEA; TINEA GLADIATORUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRUNK; WRESTLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CHILD; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; IRAN; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; WRESTLING;

EID: 34247891458     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.030718     Document Type: Article

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