title: The application of MALDI-TOF MS for dermatophyte identification.
abstract: Dermatophytes are keratinolytic fungi responsible for a wide variety of diseases of the skin, nails and hair of mammals. Their identification is often complicated, labor-intensive and time consuming due to the high degree of intra-species morphological similarity, and also requires scientific knowledge and practice. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that MALDI-TOF MS technique may be a faster and more sophisticated method useful for the identification of dermatophytes and mycoses in general.
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dąbrowska
authors.forename: Bożena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dworecka-Kaszak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003883:Arthrodermataceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000382:microbiology*; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization