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High terbinafine resistance in Trichophyton interdigitale isolates in Delhi, India harbouring mutations in the squalene epoxidase gene.
Mycoses - 1 Jul 2018
Singh Ashutosh, Masih Aradhana, Khurana Ananta, Singh Pradeep Kumar, Gupta Meenakshi, Hagen Ferry, Meis Jacques F, Chowdhary Anuradha
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In the last few years, infections caused by dermatophytes along with a concomitant increase in the number of difficult to treat cases have increasingly been recognised, indicating that dermatophytosis remains a challenging public health problem. The majority of infections are caused by Trichophyton rubrum and Trichophyton mentagrophytes complex. Terbinafine, an allylamine antifungal used orally and topically is...
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