Immediate hypersensitivity to Malassezia furfur in patients with atopic dermatitis

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-301

  Khosravi, A R ^a,b   Hedayati, M T ^b   Mansouri, P ^c   Shokri, H ^b   Moazzeni, M ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Allergens; Atopic dermatitis; Malassezia furfur; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS GROWTH; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS;

MALASSEZIA FURFUR;

EID: 34250349589     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01365.x     Document Type: Article

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