PCR and real-time PCR approaches to the identification of Arthroderma otae species Microsporum canis and Microsporum audouinii/Microsporum ferrugineum

Natalia Kobylak; Barbara Bykowska; Ewelina Kurzyk; Roman Nowicki; Anna Brillowska-Dąbrowska

doi:10.1111/jdv.13681

PCR and real-time PCR approaches to the identification of Arthroderma otae species Microsporum canis and Microsporum audouinii/Microsporum ferrugineum

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Objectives The identification of species in the Arthroderma otae complex is essential to determine the origin of infection and to eliminate the risk of transmission. Microsporum canis is a zoophilic species, whereas Microsporum audouinii and Microsporum ferrugineum are anthropophilic species. In this paper, we propose alternative methods that permit species-specific identification of both anthropophilic and zoophilic members of the A. otae complex Methods Two PCR assays were designed based on differences in the DNA fragment encoding b-tubulin and were applied in both traditional and real-time PCR using DNA isolated by rapid method from culture. Result The two assays presented in this study enable the identification of M. canis and M. audouinii/M. ferrugineum with 100% sensitivity and specificity by both traditional and real-time PCR. Conclusion We developed a new diagnostic assay using specific primers and both traditional and real-time PCR reactions that can be applied in routine laboratory prax

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Natalia Kobylak
Barbara Bykowska dr n. med.
- Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny, Wydział Lekarski Katedra i Klinika Dermatologii, Wenerologii i Alergologii
Ewelina Kurzyk
Roman Nowicki prof. dr hab.
- Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny, Wydział Lekarski Katedra i Klinika Dermatologii, Wenerologii i Alergologii
Anna Brillowska-Dąbrowska dr hab. inż.

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Category:: Articles
Type:: artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Published in:: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY no. 30, edition 10, pages 1819 - 1822,
ISSN: 0926-9959
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2016
Bibliographic description:: Kobylak N., Bykowska, B., Kurzyk E., Nowicki R., Brillowska-Dąbrowska A.: PCR and real-time PCR approaches to the identification of Arthroderma otae species Microsporum canis and Microsporum audouinii/Microsporum ferrugineum// JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY. -Vol. 30, iss. 10 (2016), s.1819-1822
DOI:: Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1111/jdv.13681
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