Direct identification of dermatophyte DNA from clinical specimens by a nested polymerase chain reaction assay [1]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 799-800

  Yang, Chia Yi ^b   Lin, Tzu Lung ^b   Tzung, Tien Yi ^b   Cheng, Li Chen ^b   Wang, Jin Town ^a   Jee, Shiou Hwa ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA CRURIS; TINEA MANUUM; TINEA PEDIS;

DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250742610     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.6.799     Document Type: Letter

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