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Multilocus differentiation of the related dermatophytes Microsporum canis, Microsporum ferrugineum and Microsporum audouinii.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2012
Rezaei-Matehkolaei Ali, Makimura Koichi, de Hoog G Sybren, Shidfar Mohammad Reza, Satoh Kazuo, Najafzadeh Mohammad Javad, Mirhendi Hossein
Abstract excerpt
Microsporum ferrugineum, an uncommon causative agent of dermatophytosis, has restricted endemicity. Iranian strains suspected to be M. ferrugineum from two patients with tinea were analysed using the rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and the partial β-tubulin (BT2) and translation elongation factor 1-α (TEF1) genes. Strains were compared to reference strains to differentiate M. ferrugineum from its...
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