Rapid identification and differentiation of Trichophyton species, based on sequence polymorphisms of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer regions, by rolling-circle amplification ∇

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1192-1199

  Kong, Fanrong ^a   Tong, Zhongsheng ^a,b   Chen, Xiaoyou ^a,c   Sorrell, Tania ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Wu, Qixuan ^a   Ellis, David ^d   Chen, Sharon ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b First Hospital of Wuhan   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MICROSPORUM GYPSEUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOPHYTON; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 42449141104     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02235-07     Document Type: Article

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