Clonal outbreak of Trichophyton tonsurans tinea capitis gladiatorum among wrestlers in Adana, Turkey

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 480-485

  Ilkit, MacIt ^a   Saracli, Mehmet Ali ^a   Kurdak, Hatice ^b   Turac Bicer, Aygul ^a   Yuksel, Tuba ^a   Karakas, Mehmet ^b   Schuenemann, Eric ^c   Abdel Rahman, Susan M ^c  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carrier; Outbreak; Tinea capitis gladiatorum; Tinea corporis gladiatorum; Trichophyton tonsurans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SCALP PRURITUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TINEA CAPITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WRESTLING;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; SCHOOLS; SKIN; STUDENTS; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TURKEY;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 77950579788     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903278051     Document Type: Article

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