Trichophyton violaceum: An emerging pathogen;Trichophyton violaceum: Un patógeno emergente

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 502-504

  Juncosa, Teresa ^a   Aguilera, Paula ^a   Jaen, Anouk ^a   Vicente, Asunción ^a   Aguilar, Ana Cristina ^a   Fumadó, Victoria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immigration; Tinea capitis; Trichophyton violaceum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 56249114470     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13127456     Document Type: Article

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