Examining Trichophyton tonsurans genotype and biochemical phenotype as determinants of disease severity in tinea capitis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-223

  Abdel Rahman, Susan M ^a,b   Talib, Nasreen ^a,b   Solidar, Ada ^c   Nopper, Amy Jo ^a,b   Wyckoff, Gerald J ^c  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatophyte; Molecular; Pediatric; Tinea capitis; Trichophyton tonsurans

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; ELASTASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; KERATINASE; PROTEIN ALP1; PROTEINASE; RIBOSOME DNA; FUNGAL DNA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYLOGENY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRICHOPHYTON;

TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 47249108554     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701787840     Document Type: Article

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