Distribution of Malassezia species in pityriasis versicolor and seborrhoeic dermatitis in Greece. Typing of the major pityriasis versicolor isolate M. globosa

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 854-859

  Gaitanis, G ^a,d   Velegraki, A ^a   Alexopoulos, E C ^a   Chasapi, V ^b   Tsigonia, A ^c   Katsambas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b ANDREAS SYGROS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Malassezia; Pityriasis versicolor; Seborrhoeic dermatitis; Single strand conformational polymorphism analysis

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; STATISTICS; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 33645801243     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.07114.x     Document Type: Article

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