Humoral immune response to Malassezia furfur in patients with pityriasis versicolor and seborrheic dermatitis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-85

  Silva, Victor ^a,b   Fischman, Olga ^a   De Camargo, Zoilo Pires ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Malassezia furfur; Pityriasis versicolor; Seborrheic dermatitis

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALASSEZIA; MICROBIOLOGY; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; TINEA VERSICOLOR; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALASSEZIA; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

FUNGI; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PITYRIASIS; TINEA;

EID: 0031406779     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006811704850     Document Type: Article

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