The biology of Malassezia organisms and their ability to induce immune responses and skin disease

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-26

  Chen, Tai An ^a   Hill, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DERMCARE VET; ECONAZOLE; ENILCONAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; NYSTATIN; SELENIUM; SELENIUM SULFIDE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DANDRUFF; DERMATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPIDERMIS; FOLLICULITIS; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LONG TERM CARE; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PENETRATION; TAXONOMY; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; PHYLOGENY; SKIN;

EID: 14944357042     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2005.00424.x     Document Type: Review

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