A Comparative Study on Phenotypic versus ITS-Based Molecular Identification of Dermatophytes Isolated in Dakar, Senegal

Table 1

Universal ITS primers and amplified regions [12].

Noun/pair	Universal primer sequence (5′ ⟶ 3′)	Amplified regions
ITS1/ITS2	ITS1: 5′-TCCGTAGGTGAACCTGCGG-3′	3′end 18S, ITS1, and 5′ end 5, 8S
	ITS2: 5′-GCTGCGTTCTTCATCGATGC-3′
ITS3/ITS4	ITS3: 5′-GCATCGATGAAGAACGCAGC-3′	3′ end 5, 8S, ITS2, and 5′ end 28S
	ITS4: 5′-TCCTCCGCTTATTGATATGC-3′
ITS1/ITS4	ITS1: 5′-TCCGTAGGTGAACCTGCGG-3′	3′ end 18S, ITS1, 5, 8S, ITS2, and 5′ end 28S
	ITS4: 5′-TCCTCCGCTTATTGATATGC-3′