Molecular typing of Epidermophyton floccosum isolated from patients with dermatophytosis by RAPD-PCR

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Khosravi, Alireza ^a   Behzad, Forough ^b   Sabokbar, Azar ^b   Shokri, Hojjatollah ^a   Haddadi, Siamak ^a   Masoudi Nejad, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dermatophyte; Epidermophyton floccosum; Genetic diversity; RAPD PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DERMATOMYCOSIS; EPIDERMOPHYTON; GENETICS; HUMAN; IRAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; EPIDERMOPHYTON; HUMANS; IRAN; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM;

EID: 78649653620     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201000089     Document Type: Article

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