Distribution of Malassezia species on the skin of patients with atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, and healthy volunteers assessed by conventional and molecular identification methods

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Jagielski, Tomasz ^a   Rup, Elzbieta ^b   Ziółkowska, Aleksandra ^a   Roeske, Katarzyna ^a   Macura, Anna B ^b   Bielecki, Jacek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Drug susceptibility; Identification; Malassezia spp; PCR RFLP; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CICLOPIROX; CICLOPIROXOLAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DNA 18S; DNA 26S; ECONAZOLE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; PIMECROLIMUS; PYRROLE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA OBTUSA; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSORIASIS; SKIN FLORA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TOPICAL TREATMENT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSORIASIS; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897570238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-14-3     Document Type: Article

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