Comparison of a new commercial test, Dermatophyte-PCR kit, with conventional methods for rapid detection and identification of Trichophyton rubrum in nail specimens

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1005-1008

  Kondori, Nahid ^a   Abrahamsson, Anna Lena ^a   Ataollahy, Naser ^a   Wennerås, Christine ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dermatophyte PCR; Onychomycosis; Trichophyton

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; DERMATOPHYTE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION KIT; DERMATOPHYTOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROSCOPY; NAIL; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; NAILS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 77957723867     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693781003743130     Document Type: Article

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