Cutaneous Malassezia flora in atopic dermatitis differs between adults and children

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1178-1182

  Takahata, Y ^a,b,c   Sugita, T ^b   Kato, H ^b   Nishikawa, A ^b   Hiruma, M ^c   Muto, M ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY NERIMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Atopic dermatitis; Malassezia; Quantitative analysis; Real time polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 36148955148     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08193.x     Document Type: Article

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