Molecular Approaches in the Diagnosis of Dermatophytosis
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- 作者：Toshio Kanbe
- 关键词：Dermatophytosis ; Dermatophytes ; Molecular diagnosis ; Molecular technique ; Identification ; Genotyping
- 刊名：Mycopathologia
- 出版时间：November, 2008
- 出版年：2008
- 期刊代码：40_0301486X
- 类别：cp
- 卷：166
- 期：5-6
- 页码：307-317
- 数据来源：sp
摘要
Dermatophytosis is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world and can be caused by several dermatophyte species. These species are closely related in genetic structure in spite of different phenotypic and ecological features. The morphological similarity, variability, and polymorphism of dermatophytes have meant that species identification for dermatophytes is time consuming and requires a significant degree of knowledge and technological expertise. Molecular biology-based techniques have solved problems concerning the morphology-based identification of dermatophytes and have improved our knowledge on the epidemiology of dermatophytosis. Further development of molecular diagnosis of dermatophytosis requires the investigation of additional molecular markers for diagnostic tools targeting multiple loci as well as the improvement of techniques.