Trichophyton erinacei Infection from a Hedgehog: A Case Report from Taiwan

Mycopathologia

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 417-421

  Hsieh, Chih Wei ^a   Sun, Pei Lun ^a,b   Wu, Yu Hung ^a,c  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dermatophyte; Hedgehog; Tinea; Trichophyton erinacei; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEDGEHOG; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; SKIN; TAIWAN; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HEDGEHOGS; HUMANS; PETS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; TAIWAN; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; FUNGI; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON ERINACEI;

EID: 78049347671     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9333-2     Document Type: Article

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