Identification of Malassezia species from patient skin scales by PCR-RFLP

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 162-173

  Gaitanis, G ^a,b   Velegraki, A ^a,e   Frangoulis, E ^b   Mitroussia, A ^a   Tsigonia, A ^d   Tzimogianni, A ^a,c   Katsambas, A ^b   Legakis, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Hospital for Venereal and Skin Diseases 'A Syngros'   (Greece)

^c IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^e NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Malassezia infections; PCR identification; Skin scales

Indexed keywords

CETRIMIDE; FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLEPHARITIS; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLICULITIS; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LIPOPHILICITY; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TINEA VERSICOLOR; YARROWIA;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CANDIDA; FUNGI; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; PITYRIASIS; TINEA; YARROWIA;

EID: 0036489904     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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