Tinea incognito in children: 54 cases

Mycoses

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 254-258

  Del Boz, J ^a   Crespo, V ^b   Rivas Ruiz, F ^a,c   de Troya, M ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Dermatophytes; Mycoses; Tinea incognito

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRODERMA FULVUM; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FEMALE; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TINEA; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA FACIEI; TINEA INCOGNITO; TINEA MANUUM; TINEA PEDIS; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TINEA;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE;

EID: 79954554250     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2009.01810.x     Document Type: Article

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