Laboratory-based survey of dermatophyte infections in Denmark over a 10-year period

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 614-616

  Saunte, Ditte Marie ^a,b   Svejgaard, Else L ^b   Hædersdal, Merete ^b   Frimodt Møller, Niels ^a   Jensen, Anders M ^a   Arendrup, Maiken C ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DERMATOMYCOSIS; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MICROSPORUM CANIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA PEDIS; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; DENMARK; DERMATOMYCOSES; HAIR; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; NAILS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; TINEA;

EID: 56749112522     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0507     Document Type: Letter

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