Multilocus genotyping identifies infections by multiple strains of Trichophyton tonsurans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1949-1953

  Abdel Rahman, Susan M ^a,b   Preuett, Barry ^a   Gaedigk, Andrea ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; DERMATOPHYTE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SUPERINFECTION; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

CHILD; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; SCALP; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 34250673161     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02610-06     Document Type: Article

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