Identification of Malassezia species from Tunisian patients with pityriasis versicolor and normal subjects

• Published in: Mycoses Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 242 - 245
• Main Authors: Salah, S. Ben, Makni, F., Marrakchi, S., Sellami, H., Cheikhrouhou, F., Bouassida, S., Zahaf, A., Ayadi, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berling, Germany Blackwell Verlag, GmbH 01.07.2005
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Child; Child, Preschool; ecology; Female; Humans; identification; isolation; Malassezia - classification; Malassezia - cytology; Malassezia - isolation & purification; Malassezia - physiology; Malassezia furfur; Malassezia globosa; Malassezia restricta; Malassezia slooffiae; Malassezia species; Malassezia sympodialis; Male; Middle Aged; pityriasis versicolor; skin; Skin - microbiology; Tinea Versicolor - microbiology; Tunisia; Tunisia

Summary Background: The genus Malassezia (Pityrosporum), recognized as a member of microbiological flora of the skin in humans and warm‐blooded animals, has been recently revised to include 10 Malassezia species. The aim of the study was the isolation, identification and analysis of Malassezia speci...