An epidemic of tinea corporis caused by Trichophyton tonsurans among children (wrestlers) in Germany;Eine Tinea corporis-Epidemie, verursacht duch Trichophyton tonsurans, bei kendlichen Ringern in Deutschland

Mycoses

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 191-196

  Fari, El ^a,b,c   Gräser, Yvonne ^a,b   Presber, ^a,b   Tietz, ^a,b  

^a Department of Microbiology and Hygiene ^*  (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Germany; ITS sequencing; PCR fingerprinting; Trichophyton tonsurans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TINEA CORPORIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

ADOLESCENT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; WRESTLING;

FUNGI; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 0033879537     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2000.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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