Cutaneous malasseziasis: Four case reports of atypical dermatitis and onychomycosis caused by Malassezia

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-145

  Zhao, Ying ^a,b   Li, Li ^a,b   Wang, Jia Jun ^a,b   Kang, Ke Fei ^a,b   Zhang, Qiang Qiang ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NAIL DYSTROPHY; NEURODERMATITIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PAPULE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YEAST CELL;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KETOCONAZOLE; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74949130467     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.04178.x     Document Type: Article

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