Photodynamic therapy: New treatment for recalcitrant Malassezia folliculitis

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-196

  Lee, Jin Woong ^a   Kim, Beom Joon ^a   Kim, Myeung Nam ^a  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Malassezia folliculitis; Methyl aminolevulinate; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; POLYURETHAN; TERBINAFINE;

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE DISCOMFORT; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; APPLICATION SITE INFLAMMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALASSEZIA FOLLICULITIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED LIGHT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249164543     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20857     Document Type: Article

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