Article
Virulence Factors Involved in Pathogenicity of Dermatophytes
2015-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic dermatophytes are prevalent causes of a superficial cutaneous infection, which have the ability to invade keratinized structures such as skin, hairs and nails. Dermatophytes infection in the host involves 3 main steps: adherence to the host tissue, invading, and the development of a host response. In the first stage of infection, dermatophytes adhere to the surface of the keratinized tissue to reach the...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1f2317bd-e072-58cf-8687-da82996c96b9
- DOI
- 10.14456/wjst.2015.72