Tinea Imbricata (Tokelau) in Bengal

نویسندگان

  • H. W. Acton
  • L. M. Ghosh
چکیده

ringworm in 1874, but he considered the fungus to be identical with that of the European ringworm. Manson (1879?82) in China was the first to describe the disease in any detail and he gave it the name tinea imbricata; he considered the fungus a non-cultivable Trichophyton, to which Blanchard gave the name Trichophyton concentricum. Castellani in Ceylon (1910-11) was the first to cultivate the fungus, and he proved it to be the causative agent by successful inoculation in human volunteers.

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دوره 69  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016