Management and follow-up survey of Trichophyton tonsurans infection in a university judo club

Mycoses

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-247

  Hirose, Nobuyoshi ^a   Suganami, Morio ^a   Shiraki, Yumi ^b   Hiruma, Masataro ^c   Ogawa, Hideoki ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY NERIMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hairbrush method; Judo club; Outbreak of infection; Screening examination; Tinea capitis; Trichophyton tonsurans

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SCALP; SPORT; SPORTS ORGANIZATION; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTOSIS; UNIVERSITY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPORTS; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; UNIVERSITIES;

TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 41849105802     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01463.x     Document Type: Article

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