Prevalence of Malassezia species on various body sites in clinically healthy subjects representing different age group

Medical Mycology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-42

  Gupta, Aditya K ^a,b,c   Kohli, Yatika ^c,d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MEDIPROBE RESEARCH INC   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Contact plates; Malassezia; Skin; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR MEDIUM; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY REGIONS; CHILD; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREHEAD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCALP; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BACK; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SCALP; SKIN; THORAX;

FUNGI; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR;

EID: 0842264843     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780310001610056     Document Type: Article

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