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Genotyping of Trichophyton tonsurans strains isolated between 2016 and 2020, and terbinafine susceptibility of the species in Japan.
The Journal of dermatology - 1 Jul 2022
Futatsuya Taketoshi, Taga Fumiaki, Sakata Yuichi, Takeda Kiminobu, Anzawa Kazushi, Mochizuki Takashi, Shimizu Akira
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Trichophyton tonsurans is the most prevalent fungus which causes dermatophytosis among contact sports players in Japan. We previously surveyed the epidemic of T. tonsurans in Japan from early 2000, and determined the genotypes of isolates by analysis of restriction enzyme fragment length polymorphisms in the non-transcription spacer (NTS) region of ribosomal RNA gene, which enabled discrimination of eight...
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