Onychomycosis in a premature infant caused by Candida tropicalis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 617-618

  Chun, D K ^a   Lee, U H ^a   Park, H S ^a   Choi, J C ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Candida tropicalis; Onychomycosis; Premature infant

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

CANDIDA TROPICALIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

EID: 4544373767     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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