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Quantitative analysis of Malassezia in the scale of patients with psoriasis using a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay
19 Jul 2007
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that Malassezia is associated with the development of skin lesions in psoriasis because of the response of the scalp lesions in psoriasis to antifungal agents. Malassezia restricta and M. globosa are the two major members of the cutaneous Malassezia flora in patients with psoriasis, although they have not been analysed quantitatively. OBJECTIVES: This study quantified the two...
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