Arthrographis kalrae, a rare causal agent of onychomycosis, and its occurrence in natural and commercially available soils

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 384-389

  Sugiura, Yoshitsugu ^a   Hironaga, Masaki ^b  

^a KOBE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Hironaga Dermatology Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthrographis kalrae; Natural habitat; Onychomycosis; PCR based detection; Terbinafine

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; MICONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTHROGRAPHIS KALRAE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FINGER NAIL; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GARDENING; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIAL COUNT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HAND DERMATOSES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ARTHROGRAPHIS KALRAE; FUNGI;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NAPHTHALENES; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 76649114995     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903219014     Document Type: Article

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