Quantitative investigation on the distribution of Malassezia species on healthy human skin in Korea

Mycoses

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 405-410

  Lee, Y W ^a   Yim, S M ^a   Lim, S H ^a   Choe, Y B ^a   Ahn, K J ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Malassezia yeast; Quantitative investigation

Indexed keywords

SKIN LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA RESTRICTA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCALP; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN FLORA; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIGH; THORAX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARM; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCALP; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THIGH; THORAX; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA RESTRICTA;

EID: 33747069374     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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