Is Trichophyton simii endemic to the Indian subcontinent?

Medical Mycology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 444-448

  Beguin, Hugues ^a   Goens, Karine ^a   Hendrickx, Marijke ^a,b   Planard, Chantal ^a,b   Stubbe, Dirk ^a,b   Detandt, Monique ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b BCCM IHEM Biomedical Fungi and Yeasts Collection   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arthroderma simii; ITS rDNA; Onychomycosis; Trichophyton simii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DERMATOPHYTE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INDIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON SIMII; ANIMAL; BELGIUM; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; TERBINAFINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BELGIUM; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAPHTHALENES; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRICHOPHYTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876227056     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2012.737032     Document Type: Article

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