Identification of Trichophyton rubrum by nested PCR analysis from paraffin embedded specimen in trichophytia profunda acuta of the glabrous skin

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-132

  Nagao, Keisuke ^a,c   Sugita, Takashi ^b   Ouchi, Takeshi ^a   Nishikawa, Takeji ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inflammatory tinea corporis; PCR; Trichophytia profunda acuta of the glabrous skin; Trichophyton rubrum

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; TERBINAFINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; TINEA; TINEA CORPORIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; FUNGI; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 19944376883     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.46.129     Document Type: Article

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