Cladosporium spp. as a causative agent of white superficial onychomycosis

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 231-233

  Hafidh, R R ^a   Abdulamir, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^b Al Nahrain University College of Medicine   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLADOSPORIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; IRAQ; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CLADOSPORIUM; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRAQ; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TINEA;

EID: 44449111668     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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