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Malassezia intra-specific diversity and potentially new species in the skin microbiota from Brazilian healthy subjects and seborrheic dermatitis patients.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Soares Renan Cardoso, Zani Marcelo Bergamin, Arruda Ana Carolina Belini Bazán, Arruda Lucia Helena Fávaro de, Paulino Luciana Campos
Abstract excerpt
Malassezia yeasts are part of the resident cutaneous microbiota, and are also associated with skin diseases such as seborrheic dermatitis (SD). The role these fungi play in skin diseases and why they are pathogenic for only some individuals remain unclear. This study aimed to characterize Malassezia microbiota from different body sites in healthy and SD subjects from Brazil. Scalp and forehead samples from...
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