Genotype analysis of the variable internal repeat region in the rRNA gene of Trichophyton tonsurans isolated from Japanese Judo practitioners.
Tinea capitis due to Trichophyton tonsurans is currently epidemic among Japanese Judo practitioners. T. tonsurans has seven genotypes in a variable internal repeat (VIR) region of the rRNA gene. All 101 isolates obtained from Japanese Judo practitioners had the identical genotype. This suggests that a specific genotype strain occurs throughout Japan.
Sugita
Takashi
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Department of Microbiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan. sugita@my-pharm.ac.jp
Shiraki
Yumi
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Hiruma
Masataro
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D016139:Martial Arts; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer