Cytobrush-culture method to diagnose tinea capitis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 309-313

  Bonifaz, Alexandro ^a   Isa Isa, Rafael ^b   Araiza, Javier ^a   Cruz, Cecilia ^b   Hernández, Marco A ^a   Ponce, Rosa Maria ^a  

^a Hospital General de México OD   (Mexico)

^b Dirección Nacional de Control de Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual y SIDA   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

Culture; Cytobrush; Microsporum canis; Sabouraud; Tinea capitis; Trichophyton tonsurans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCALP; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSPORUM; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; SCALP; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 34250374714     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-007-9019-6     Document Type: Article

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