Onychomycosis observed in children over a 20-year period

Mycoses

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 450-453

  Rodríguez Pazos, Laura ^a   Pereiro Ferreirós, MaMercedes ^a   Pereiro, Manuel ^a   Toribio, Jaime ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Dermatophytes; Fungal infections; Onychomycosis; Spain; Tinea pedis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DERMATOPHYTOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINGERNAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; GEOTRICHOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALOHYPHOMYCOSIS; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NAIL DYSTROPHY; NEWBORN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA PEDIS; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES INFECTION; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM INFECTION; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 80052803890     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2010.01878.x     Document Type: Article

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