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Antifungal Susceptibility and Mutations in the Squalene Epoxidase Gene in Dermatophytes of the Trichophyton mentagrophytes Species Complex.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 16 Jul 2021
Kong Xue, Tang Chao, Singh Ashutosh, Ahmed Sarah A, Al-Hatmi Abdullah M S, Chowdhary Anuradha, Nenoff Pietro, Gräser Yvonne, Hainsworth Steven, Zhan Ping, Meis Jacques F, Verweij Paul E, Liu Weida, de Hoog G Sybren
Abstract excerpt
During the past decade, a prolonged and serious outbreak of dermatophytosis due to a terbinafine-resistant novel species in the Trichophyton mentagrophytes-T. interdigitale complex has been ongoing in India, and it has spread to several European countries. The objective of this study was to investigate the molecular background of the squalene epoxidase (SQLE) gene in order to understand the risk of emergence and...
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