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Differentiation of Trichophyton rubrum clinical isolates from Japanese and Chinese patients by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA and DNA sequence analysis of the non-transcribed spacer region of the rRNA gene.
Journal of dermatological science - 1 Apr 2009
Yang Xiumin, Sugita Takashi, Takashima Masako, Hiruma Masataro, Li Ruoyu, Sudo Hajime, Ogawa Hideoki, Ikeda Shigaku
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Trichophyton rubrum is the most common pathogen causing dermatophytosis worldwide. Recent genetic investigations showed that the microorganism originated in Africa and then spread to Europe and North America via Asia. OBJECTS: We investigated the intraspecific diversity of T. rubrum isolated from two closely located Asian countries, Japan and China. METHODS: A total of 150 clinical isolates of T....
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