EVALUATION OF TWO METHODS, CONVENTIONAL SCRAPING AND STRIPPING, FOR DIAGNOSIS OF DERMATOPHYTOSIS

In a study of 310 patients with suspected dermatophytic lesions, 110 cases of dermatophytosis, were diagnosed by direct smear in 10% KOH and culture by two methods, skin stripping with use of adhesive tape and scrapping with scalpel blade conventional technique). Out of 65 positive cultures, in 33 c...

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Main Authors: M. Moghaddami, Sh. Hakim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 1995-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/1551