Commonly affected body sites in 92 Japanese combat sports participants with Trichophyton tonsurans infection

Mycoses

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-342

  Shiraki, Yumi ^a   Hiruma, Masataro ^a   Hirose, Nobuyoshi ^a   Ikeda, Shigaku ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combat sports; Hairbrush method; Infection sites; Screening examination; Tinea capitis; Tinea corporis; Trichophyton tonsurans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SKIN INFECTION; SPORT; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA MANUUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS INFECTION; WRESTLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; KNEE; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; UPPER EXTREMITY; WRESTLING; YOUNG ADULT;

TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 67249161465     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01603.x     Document Type: Article

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