Trichophyton species: Use of volatile fingerprints for rapid identification and discrimination

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1209-1216

  Sahgal, N ^a   Monk, B ^b   Wasil, M ^b   Magan, N ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early detection; Electronic nose; Trichophyton species; Volatile fingerprints

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONICS; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHOPHYTON; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 33750923888     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07549.x     Document Type: Article

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