Chronically Recurrent and Widespread Tinea Corporis Due to Trichophyton rubrum in an Immunocompetent Patient

Mycopathologia

Volumn 179, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 293-297

  Kong, Q T ^a   Du, X ^a   Yang, R ^a   Huang, S Y ^a   Sang, H ^a   Liu, W D ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Chronically; Immunocompetent; Tinea corporis; Trichophyton rubrum; Widespread

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 84925461381     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: 15730832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-014-9834-5     Document Type: Article

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