A case report of a mixed Chaetomium globosum/Trichophyton mentagrophytes onychomycosis

Medical Mycology Case Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-78

  Lagacé, Jean ^a   Cellier, Eric ^a  

^a Centre de Santé et de Services Sociaux   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chaetomium globosum; Dermatophyte; Mixed onychomycosis infection; Nondermatophyte mold; Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899820473     PISSN: 22117539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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