An unusual presentation of Malassezia dermatosis

Dermatology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-6

  Abraham, Shahnaz ^a   Piguet, Vincent ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ISOTRETINOIN; KETOCONAZOLE;

ACNE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EAR; EDITORIAL; ERYTHEMA; EYEBROW; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIP; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MICROFLORA; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; SCALP; SEBORRHEA; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; STERNUM; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HEAD; HUMANS; KETOCONAZOLE; MALASSEZIA; NECK; TERMINOLOGY; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28844483773     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089014     Document Type: Editorial

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