Table 2 |
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Status of KOH microscopy, fungal culture, first round PCR and nested PCR in suspected cases with hair fungal infections. |
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|
No of cases |
Patients on treatment |
KOH microscopy |
Culture shows growth of dermatophyte |
First round PCR |
Nested PCR |
|
|
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|
3 |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
|
|
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|
5 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
|
|
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|
9 |
- |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
|
|||||
|
7 |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
|
|
|||||
|
8 |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
|
|
|||||
|
10 |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
|
|
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|
1 |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
|
|
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|
7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
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|
50 |
28 (56%) |
29(58%) |
15 (30%) |
26(52%) |
43(86%) |
|
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Garg et al. BMC Research Notes 2009 2:60 doi:10.1186/1756-0500-2-60 |
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