@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.45903-0, author = "Rad, Mahnaz Mahmoudi and Jackson, Colin and Barton, Richard C and Evans, E GlynV", title = "Single strains of Trichophyton rubrum in cases of tinea pedis", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "2005", volume = "54", number = "8", pages = "725-726", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45903-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.45903-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "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.", }