Hyperkeratotic head and neck Malassezia dermatosis

Dermatology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-40

  Boralevi, Franck ^a   Marco Bonnet, Josefina ^a   Lepreux, Sebastien ^b   Buzenet, Christel ^a   Couprie, Bernard ^a   Taïeb, Alain ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Dermatitis neglecta; Malassezia; Pityriasis versicolor; Seborrheic dermatitis

Indexed keywords

IMIDAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; SALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS NEGLECTA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN DISEASE; TINEA VERSICOLOR; YEAST;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; KETOCONAZOLE; MALASSEZIA; MALE; NECK; TERMINOLOGY; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28844435333     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089020     Document Type: Article

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