Prevalence of different Malassezia species in pityriasis versicolor in central India

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-164

  Chaudhary, Rahul ^a   Singh, Sanjay ^a   Banerjee, Tuhina ^a   Tilak, Ragini ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Malassezia; Pityriasis versicolor; Pityrosporum

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLYCINE; NITROGEN; POLYSORBATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TINEA VERSICOLOR; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALASSEZIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TINEA VERSICOLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949840315     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.60566     Document Type: Article

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