Real-time PCR and DNA sequencing for detection and identification of Trichophyton rubrum as a cause of culture negative chronic granulomatous dermatophytosis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 508-514

  Durant, Jean Franois ^a   Fonteyne, Pierre Alain ^a   Richez, Pauline ^b   Marot, Liliane ^b   Belkhir, Leila ^b   Tennstedt, Dominique ^b   Gala, Jean Luc ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c Defense Laboratories Department   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Granulomatous dermatophytosis; Internal transcribed spacer; Real time PCR; Trichophyton rubrum

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL DNA; GRISEOFULVIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ADULT; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, INTERGENIC; FOOT; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYPHAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG; MALE; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHOPHYTON;

TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 70749122417     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802368920     Document Type: Article

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