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Abstract

A total of 95 isolates, belonging to 33 species of five dermatophyte genera, i.e. (15 species), (two), (one), (three) and (12), were studied using internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2)-PCR-RFLP analysis (ITS2-RFLP), consisting of amplification of the ITS2 region, restriction digestion with UI (CG/CG) and restriction fragment length determination by capillary electrophoresis. ITS2-RFLP analysis proved to be most useful for identification of species of the genera , and , but could not distinguish between several species. The identification results are in agreement with established and recent taxonomical insights into the dermatophytes; for example, highly related species also had closely related and sometimes difficult-to-discriminate ITS2-RFLP patterns. In some cases, several ITS2-RFLP groups could be distinguished within species, again mostly in agreement with the taxonomic delineations of subspecies and/or genomovars, confirming the relevance of ITS2-RFLP analysis as an identification technique and as a useful taxonomic approach.

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