Phospholipase activity after β-endorphin exposure discriminates Malassezia strains isolated from healthy and seborrhoeic dermatitis skin

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1575-1578

  Vlachos, Ch ^a   Gaitanis, G ^a   Alexopoulos, E C ^a   Papadopoulou, C ^a   Bassukas, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BETA ENDORPHIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EXPOSURE; EGG YOLK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA CAPRAE; MALASSEZIA DERMATIS; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MALASSEZIA RESTRICTA; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; PHOSPHOLIPASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84888203991     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2012.04638.x     Document Type: Article

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