The range of molecular methods for typing Malassezia

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-125

  Gaitanis, George ^a,b   Bassukas, Loannis D ^a   Velegraki, Aristea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Malassezia; Molecular typing; RDNA; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA MARKER; DNA MINISATELLITE; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; COMMENSAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); KNOWLEDGE; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MALASSEZIA RESTRICTA; MOLECULAR TYPING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; SPECIES;

DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 63849095831     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e328324ed19     Document Type: Article

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