Dermatophyte infections in Primorsko-Goranska County, Croatia: A 21-year survey

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 175-179

  Kaštelan, Marija ^a   Utješinović Gudelj, Vesna ^b   Prpić Massari, Larisa ^a   Brajac, Ines ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b Policlinic Medico   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Dermatophytes; Epidemiology; Primorsko Goranska County; Tinea

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADULT; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DERMATOPHYTE; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINGERNAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NONHUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA PEDIS; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TREND STUDY; TRICHOPHYTON INTERDIGITALE; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

CROATIA; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84907058033     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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