Arachnomyces kanei (anamorph Onychocola kanei) sp. nov., from human nails

Medical Mycology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 573-580

  Gibas, C F C ^a   Sigler, L ^a   Summerbell, R C ^b   Hofstader, S L R ^c   Gupta, A K ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c Sunnybrook/Women's Coll Hlth Sci ^*  (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arachnomyces kanei; Human nails; Onychocola; Onychomycosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; KETOCONAZOLE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARACHNOMYCES KANEI; ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; ASPERGILLUS SYDOWII; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HALLUX; HUMAN; MALE; MATING; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NAIL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOCOLA KANEI; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; ORGANISM COLONY; PHYLOGENY; SAMPLING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TINEA CRURIS;

ARACHNOMYCES KANEI; ARACHNOMYCES NODOSETOSUS; ASPERGILLUS SYDOWII; FUNGI; ONYCHOCOLA; ONYCHOCOLA CANADENSIS; ONYCHOCOLA KANEI; TINEA; TINEA CRURIS;

EID: 0036930219     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714031153     Document Type: Article

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