Epidemiology of Malassezia yeasts associated with pityriasis versicolor in Ontario, Canada

Medical Mycology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 199-206

  Gupta, A K ^a   Kohli, Y ^b,c   Faergemann, J ^d   Summerbell, R C ^c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Malassezia; Pityriasis versicolor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; TINEA; TINEA VERSICOLOR; YEAST;

CANADA; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 0035027267     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714031017     Document Type: Article

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