New contrast stain for the rapid diagnosis of onychomycosis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 981-982

  Lim, Christopher Seng Hong ^a   Lim, Siew Lin ^b  

^a Ministry of Defence Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICAGO SKY BLUE; DYE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONTRAST STAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MOULD; NAIL; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; YEAST;

COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80051704238     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.208     Document Type: Letter

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