Malassezia yeasts and pityriasis versicolor

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-147

  Crespo Erchiga, Vicente ^a   Florencio, Vicente Delgado ^b  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Malassezia globosa; Malassezia spp.; Pityriasis versicolor

Indexed keywords

BIFONAZOLE; CICLOPIROX; CLOTRIMAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; INK; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; PYRITHIONE ZINC; SELENIUM SULFIDE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; TERBINAFINE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TINEA VERSICOLOR; YEAST; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; TINEA VERSICOLOR; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33744989470     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qco.0000216624.21069.61     Document Type: Review

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