A case of kerion celsi to Arthroderma benhamiae identified by DNA sequences of nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer I regions

Medical Mycology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-251

  Hattori, Naoko ^a   Kaneko, T ^a   Tamaki, K ^a   Makimura, K ^b   Mochizuki, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthroderma benhamiae; Kerion celsi; Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1; Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Indexed keywords

DNA; GRISEOFULVIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; ITRACONAZOLE; LANOCONAZOLE;

ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHRODERMA; ARTICLE; BOY; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EXPERIMENTATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; KERION; MALE; MATING TYPE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUS; RIBOSOME; SCALP; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN DEFECT; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; ITRACONAZOLE; JAPAN; MALE; SCALP DERMATOSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHOPHYTON;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; CAVIA PORCELLUS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SUS SCROFA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0041823894     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780310001597386     Document Type: Article

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