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Real-time PCR TaqMan assay for detecting Trichophyton tonsurans, a causative agent of tinea capitis, from hairbrushes.

Sugita T, Shiraki Y, Hiruma M

Department of Microbiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Japan. sugita@my-pharm.ac.jp

Tinea capitis caused by Trichophyton tonsurans is currently an epidemic in the United States, Europe, and Japan, and the cultivation of this microorganism is necessary for a definitive diagnosis. We recently developed a real-time PCR TaqMan assay as a culture-independent method for the rapid detection of T. tonsurans from hairbrushes.

Published 12 September 2006 in Med Mycol, 44(6): 579-81.
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