Identification of Malassezia Species from Pityriasis Versicolor Lesions with a New Multiplex PCR Method

Mycopathologia

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 41-49

  Vuran, Emre ^a   Karaarslan, Aydin ^a   Karasartova, Djursun ^a   Turegun, Buse ^a   Sahin, Fikret ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Malassezia; Multiplex PCR; Pityriasis versicolor

Indexed keywords

MALASSEZIA;

FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALASSEZIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 84893765879     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-013-9704-6     Document Type: Article

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