Onychomycoses: Epidemiology, causative agents and assessment of diagnostic laboratory methods;onicomicosis: Epidemiología, agentes causales y evaluación de los métodos diagnósticos de laboratorio

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-25

  Nazar, Javier R ^a,b,c   Gerosa, Paula E ^a,b   Diaz, Osvaldo A ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Análisis Clínicos Gerosa   (Argentina)

^b Institute MédicoLos Alerces   (Argentina)

^c Hospital Zonal de Esquel   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; Direct microscopic examination; Nail culture; Non dermatophyte mycelial fungi; Onychomycoses; Yeast like fungi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; DERMATOPHYTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIRECT EXAMINATION; FINGERNAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FINGER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CANDIDIASIS; TINEA CAPITIS; TOE; TRICHOPHYTON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGENTINA; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, CUTANEOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINEA CAPITIS; TOES; TRICHOPHYTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864250790     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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