Human external ear canal as the specific reservoir of Malassezia slooffiae

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 824-827

  Kaneko, Takamasa ^a,b   Shiota, Ryoko ^c   Shibuya, Shuichirou ^b   Watanabe, Shinichi ^b   Umeda, Yoshiko ^b   Takeshita, Kimiko ^c   Yamamoto, Mami ^c   Nishioka, Keiko ^c   Makimura, Koichi ^b  

^a KANTO CHEMICAL CO INC   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Takinomiya General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

External ear canal; Malassezia; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA RESTRICTA; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RESERVOIR;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CULTURE MEDIA; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGY;

MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA RESTRICTA; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE;

EID: 77955876754     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903514880     Document Type: Article

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