The first isolation of Arthroderma benhamiae in Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 575-578

  Kano, Rui ^a,b   Nakamura, Yuka ^b   Yasuda, Kazuo ^c   Watari, Toshihiro ^a   Watanabe, Shinichi ^b   Takahashi, Hisashi ^b   Tsujimoto, Hajime ^a   Hasegawa, Atsuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Yasuda Animal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthroderma benhamiae; Clinical isolate; Japan; Polymerase chain reaction; Rabbit; Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTICLE; DERMATOPHYTE; DNA DETERMINATION; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA SIMII; ARTHRODERMA VANBREUSEGHEMII; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0031874466     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02326.x     Document Type: Article

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