Malassezia furfur in a case of onychomycosis: Colonizer or etiologic agent?

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-90

  Chowdhary, Anuradha ^a   Randhawa, H S ^a   Sharma, Sonal ^a   Brandt, Mary E ^b   Kumar, Sunil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Etiologic agent colonizer; Ketoconazole therapy; Malassezia furfur; Onychomycosis

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; KERATIN; KETOCONAZOLE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL BUDDING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FINGERNAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; NAIL BED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARONYCHIA; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

FUNGI; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; PARONYCHIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 13244251037     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780400006070     Document Type: Article

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