Biofilm development by clinical isolates of Malassezia pachydermatis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-361

  Cannizzo, Francesca T ^a,b   Eraso, Elena ^a   Ezkurra, Pilar A ^a   Villar Vidal, María ^a   Bollo, Enrico ^b   Castellá, Gemma ^c   Cabañes, F Javier ^c   Vidotto, Valerio ^b   Quindós, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Biofilms; Malassezia pachydermatis; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CATHETER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CATHETERIZATION; CATS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DOGS; HORSES; MALASSEZIA; OTITIS; POLYSTYRENES; POLYURETHANES; SWINE;

MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS;

EID: 34249687059     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701225767     Document Type: Article

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