Identification of fungi species in the onychomycosis of institutionalized elderly Identificação de espécies fúngicas nas onicomicoses do idoso institucionalizado

• Main Authors: Cidia Vasconcellos (Author), Carolina Queiroz Moreira Pereira (Author), Marta Cristina Souza (Author), Andrea Pelegrini (Author), Roseli Santos Freitas (Author), Juliana Possato Takahashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Superficial fungal infections are caused by dermatophytes, yeasts or filamentous fungi. They are correlated to the etiologic agent, the level of integrity of the host immune response, the site of the lesion and also the injured tissue. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to isolate a...