Single strains of Trichophyton rubrum in cases of tinea pedis.
Multiple colonies of Trichophyton rubrum were isolated from single skin specimens from 10 patients with tinea pedis and were typed using a PCR-based analysis of repeats in the rRNA intergenic spacer. In each case only a single strain type of T. rubrum was isolated, suggesting a monotypic aetiology of tinea pedis. This is in contrast to the multiple strains previously shown to be involved in many cases of onychomycosis.
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Mahnaz Mahmoudi
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Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Centre Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, UK 3School of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 4Department of Medical Microbiology and PHLS, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK.
Jackson
Colin
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Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Centre Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, UK 3School of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 4Department of Medical Microbiology and PHLS, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK.
Barton
Richard C
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Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Centre Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, UK 3School of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 4Department of Medical Microbiology and PHLS, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK.
Evans
E GlynV
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Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Centre Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, UK 3School of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 4Department of Medical Microbiology and PHLS, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK.
D000328:Adult; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000302:isolation & purification; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D014008:Tinea Pedis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer