Trichophyton tonsurans in Chile: Genotyping in search of an origin.

Massimo CogliatiRodrigo Cruz ChoappaPeggy Vieille OyarzoMellisa Noguera

Published in: Medical mycology (2022)

Trichophyton tonsurans is a fungus able to cause superficial mycosis infecting skin and hair. It is an emerging pathogen worldwide and some cases were recently reported also in Chile for the first time. We investigated by molecular techniques which geographical area could be the source of infections.

Keyphrases

high throughput
genome wide
soft tissue
candida albicans
atomic force microscopy
single molecule
gene expression
single cell