Molecular analysis of Malassezia species isolated from three cases of Akatsuki disease (pomade crust)

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 193-196

  Tajima, Mami ^a   Amaya, Misato ^a   Sugita, Takashi ^b   Nishikawa, Akemi ^b   Tsuboi, Ryoji ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malassezia; Pomade crust

Indexed keywords

AKATSUKI DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; LOWER EYELID; MALASSEZIA; MICROFLORA; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POMADE; SKIN DEFECT; UPPER EYELID;

FUNGI; MALASSEZIA;

EID: 24944571453     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: 09164804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.46.193     Document Type: Article

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