Fungal cultures from skin strippings
- 1 January 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Medical Mycology
- Vol. 9 (2), 167-168
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00362177185190371
Abstract
Vinyl plastic tape was used for stripping the horny layer in fungal diseases. Growth of Candida albicans and of dermatophytes was obtained when the tape was subsequently applied to the surface of a Sabouraud's glucose-agar plate.Keywords
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