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Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Malassezia japonica isolated from psoriasis vulgaris patients.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Mar 2015
Honnavar Prasanna, Chakrabarti Arunaloke, Dogra Sunil, Handa Sanjeev, Rudramurthy Shivaprakash M
Abstract excerpt
Malassezia species, which are skin colonizers, are being debated as to their pathogenic role in various cutaneous diseases. Species identification of Malassezia is important as particular species have been implicated in or associated with specific diseases. Malassezia japonica, a relatively newly described species, has not been completely characterized owing to the rarity of its isolation. In the present study we...
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