Update on the genus Malassezia

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 287-303

  Ashbee, H R ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopic eczema dermatitis syndrome; Immune system; Malassezia

Indexed keywords

ALBACONAZOLE; AMOROLFINE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN; BIFONAZOLE; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; CECROPIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CYCLOPHILIN; DERMCIDIN; ECONAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; HYDROLASE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MAGAININ 1; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MICONAZOLE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; POSACONAZOLE; PR 39; PSORIASIN; TACROLIMUS; TERBINAFINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FOLLICULITIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MALASSEZIA; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CELL WALL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALASSEZIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; VIRULENCE;

MALASSEZIA;

EID: 34249654556     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701191373     Document Type: Review

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