Fungal infections and parasitic infestations in sports: Expedient identification and treatment

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 23-33

  Winokur, Rebecca C ^a,c   Dexter, William W ^b  

^a Assoc in Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; IMIDAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; NAFTIFINE; SELENIUM SULFIDE; SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT; TERBINAFINE;

ATHLETE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LARVA MIGRANS; LIVER TOXICITY; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MOISTURE; MYCOSIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PARASITOSIS; PEDICULOSIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; REVIEW; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SPORTS MEDICINE; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA CRURIS; TINEA PEDIS; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 5544288569     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2004.10.601     Document Type: Review

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