Isolation of Trichophyton concentricum from chronic cutaneous lesions in patients from the Solomon Islands

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-393

  Pihet, Marc ^a,b   Bourgeois, Hugues ^c   Mazière, Jean Yves ^a   Berlioz Arthaud, Alain ^d   Bouchara, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Chabasse, Dominique ^a,b  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^c Cabinet Médical du Val Plaisance   (New Caledonia)

^d Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Internal transcribed spacer; Mycoses; Solomon Islands; Tinea imbricata; Tokelau; Trichophyton concentricum

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MELANESIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOLOMON ISLANDS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TINEA IMBRICATA; TOKELAU; TRAVEL; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON CONCENTRICUM; TRICHOPHYTOSIS;

TRICHOPHYTON CONCENTRICUM;

EID: 40249107429     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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