Effects of modified sample collection technique on fungal culture yield: Nail clipping/scraping versus microdrill

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 301-305

  Qureshi, H S ^a   Ormsby, A H ^a   Kapadia, N ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRILL; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MICRODRILL; MICROSCOPY; NAIL CLIPPING; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; SAMPLING; SCRAPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 4043145756     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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