Molecular and quantitative analyses of Malassezia microflora on the skin of atopic dermatitis patients and genotyping of M. globosa DNA

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 61-64

  Sugita, Takashi ^a   Nishikawa, Akemi ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MICROFLORA; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; YEAST;

CANDIDA; FUNGI; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA;

EID: 0038246479     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.44.61     Document Type: Review

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