Primary care and specialty care delays in diagnosing trichophyton verrucosum infection related to cattle exposure

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 244-250

  Morrell, Jessica ^a   Stratman, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural health; Dermatitis etiology; Rural health; Tinea diagnosis; Trichophyton classification; Trichophyton isolation; Zoonotic infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

BOS; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM;

EID: 80053320312     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2011.605715     Document Type: Article

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