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The unprecedented epidemic-like scenario of dermatophytosis in India: II. Diagnostic methods and taxonomical aspects.
Indian journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology - 1 Jan 2000
Verma Shyam B, Panda Saumya, Nenoff Pietro, Singal Archana, Rudramurthy Shivaprakash M, Uhrlass Silke, Das Anupam, Bisherwal Kavita, Shaw Dipika, Vasani Resham
Abstract excerpt
Trichophyton (T.) mentagrophytes now accounts for an overwhelming majority of clinical cases in India, a new "Indian genotype" (T. mentagrophytes ITS genotype VIII) having been isolated from skin samples obtained from cases across a wide geographical distribution in this country. The conventional diagnostic methods, like fungal culture, are, however, inadequate for diagnosing this agent. Thus, molecular methods...
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