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Malassezia Baillon, emerging clinical yeasts.

Batra R, Boekhout T, Guého E, Cabañes FJ, Dawson TL, Gupta AK

Mediprobe Research, London, Ont., Canada.

The human and animal pathogenic yeast genus Malassezia has received considerable attention in recent years from dermatologists, other clinicians, veterinarians and mycologists. Some points highlighted in this review include recent advances in the technological developments related to detection, identification, and classification of Malassezia species. The clinical association of Malassezia species with a number of mammalian dermatological diseases including dandruff, seborrhoeic dermatitis, pityriasis versicolor, psoriasis, folliculitis and otitis is also discussed.

Published 18 November 2005 in FEMS Yeast Res, 5(12): 1101-13.
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