Epidemiology of dermatophyte infections in Stockholm, Sweden: A retrospective study from 2005-2009

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 484-488

  Drakensjö, Iara Trocoli ^a   Chryssanthou, Erja ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidermophyton; Microsporum; tinea; Trichophyton

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DERMATOPHYTOSIS; EPIDERMOPHYTON INFECTION; FEMALE; FINGERNAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HAIR; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII INFECTION; MICROSPORUM CANIS INFECTION; MICROSPORUM GYPSEUM INFECTION; NAIL; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SKIN; SWEDEN; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA CRURIS; TINEA FACIEI; TINEA MANUUM; TINEA PEDIS; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES INFECTION; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM INFECTION; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE INFECTION; TRICHOPHYTON TERRESTRE INFECTION; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS INFECTION; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM INFECTION; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM INFECTION; TRICHOPHYTOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EPIDERMOPHYTON; MICROSPORUM; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 79959248238     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.540045     Document Type: Article

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