Survey of scalp dermatophyte carriage in a day care center in Turkey

Mycopathologia

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 139-144

  Kurdak, Hatice ^a   Sezer, Tulin ^a   Ilkit, MacIt ^a   Ates, Aylin ^a   Bozdemir, Nafiz ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carriage; Dermatophyte; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRODERMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DAY CARE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASE; TRICHOPHYTON; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DAY CARE; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; PREVALENCE; SCALP DERMATOSES; TRICHOPHYTON; TURKEY;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 60549115427     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-008-9170-8     Document Type: Article

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