Single strains of Trichophyton rubrum in cases of tinea pedis

• Published in: Journal of medical microbiology Vol. 54; no. 8; pp. 725 - 726
• Main Authors: Rad, Mahnaz Mahmoudi, Jackson, Colin, Barton, Richard C, Evans, E GlynV
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Reading Soc General Microbiol 01.08.2005; Society for General Microbiology
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; DNA, Fungal - isolation & purification; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - analysis; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Infectious diseases; Medical sciences; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; Mycological Typing Techniques; Mycology; Onychomycosis - microbiology; Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Tinea Pedis - microbiology; Trichophyton - genetics; Trichophyton - isolation & purification; Fungi; Trichophyton rubrum; Fungi Imperfecti; Microbiology; Thallophyta; Strain
• ISSN: 0022-2615; 1473-5644
• DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45903-0

1 Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Centre Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, UK 3 School of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 4 Department of Medical Microbiology and PHLS, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK Correspondence Richard C. Barton Richard.Barton{at}leedsth.nhs.uk Received September 21, 2004 Accepted April 24, 2005 Multiple colonies of Trichophyton rubrum were isolated from single skin specimens from 10 patients with tinea pedis and were typed using a PCR-based analysis of repeats in the rRNA intergenic spacer. In each case only a single strain type of T. rubrum was isolated, suggesting a monotypic aetiology of tinea pedis. This is in contrast to the multiple strains previously shown to be involved in many cases of onychomycosis. Deceased