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Examining Trichophyton tonsurans genotype and biochemical phenotype as determinants of disease severity in tinea capitis.
Medical mycology - 1 May 2008
Abdel-Rahman Susan M, Talib Nasreen, Solidar Ada, Nopper Amy Jo, Wyckoff Gerald J
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Trichophyton tonsurans infections occur in various host populations, on various body sites and with varying degrees of inflammation. This investigation was undertaken to determine whether fungal factors could explain the degree of severity in clinical symptomatology among infected children. Otherwise healthy children (n=54) presenting with tinea capitis were enrolled in this study. A thorough history was...
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