The role of the Malassezia yeasts in skin diseases

Mikologia Lekarska

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-132

  Faergemann, Jan ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Malassezia folliculitis; Malassezia yeasts; Pityriasis versicolor; Seborrhoeic dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CD16 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARM; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOLLICULITIS; HEAD; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALASSEZIA; MYCELIUM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NECK; PAPULE; PRURITUS; PUSTULE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCALP; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN FLORA; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK; YEAST;

MALASSEZIA; PITYRIASIS; TINEA;

EID: 4644347051     PISSN: 1232986X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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