Malassezia. Current knowledge and study perspectives;Malassezia estado del conocimiento y perspectivas en su estudio

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-48

  Giusiano, Gustavo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Malassezia; Morphology; Pathogenicity; Physiology; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL ENZYME; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENUS; MALASSEZIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES; SPECIES INVASION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; DERMATOMYCOSES; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOLLICULITIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALASSEZIA; MYCOLOGY; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 33745174862     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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