Tinea Incognito in Korea and Its Risk Factors: Nine-Year Multicenter Survey
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Tinea Incognito in Korea and Its Risk Factors: Nine-Year Multicenter Survey
Tinea incognito (TI) is a dermatophytic infection which has lost its typical clinical appearance because of improper use of steroids or calcineurin inhibitors. The incidence of TI is increasing nowadays. We conducted retrospective review on 283 patients with TI from 25 dermatology training hospitals in Korea from 2002-2010 to investigate the demographical, clinical, and mycological characterist...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Korean Medical Science
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1011-8934,1598-6357
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.1.145