First report on autochthonous urease-positive Trichophyton rubrum (T. raubitschekii) from South-east Europe

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 178-182

  Arabatzis, Michael ^a,b   Velegraki, A ^a   Kantardjiev, T ^c   Stavrakieva, V ^c   Rigopoulos, D ^b   Katsambas, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b ANDREAS SYGROS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; Trichophyton raubitschekii; Trichophyton rubrum; Urease

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; TINEA; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA CRURIS; TINEA MANUUM; TRICHOPHYTON RAUBITSCHEKII; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

BULGARIA; DNA, FUNGAL; GREECE; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 22944474624     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06615.x     Document Type: Article

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