Example of Trichophyton rubrum-specific and pan-dermatophyte PCR product analysis. Lanes: 1 and 12, molecular size marker (fragment sizes, 501, 489, 404, 331, 242, 190, 147, 111, and 110 bp); 2 and 3, results of T. rubrum-specific PCR performed for T. mentagrophytes DNA (lane 2) and T. rubrum DNA (lane 3); 4 to 11, results of pan-dermatophyte PCR performed for Microsporum audouinii (lane 4), T. mentagrophytes var. mentagrophytes (lane 5), Trichophyton schoenleninii (lane 6), Trichophyton terrestre (lane 7), T. rubrum (lane 8), T. tonsurans (lane 9), Trichophyton soudanense (lane 10), and Epidermophyton floccosum (lane 11).