Identification of Malassezia Species Isolated from Patients with Pityriasis Versicolor Using PCR-RFLP Method in Markazi Province, Central Iran.

• Main Authors: Mojtaba Didehdar (Author), Amir Sayed Ali Mehbod (Author), Zahra Eslamirad (Author), Mahdi Mosayebi (Author), Reza Hajihossein (Author), Behzad Ghorbanzade (Author), Mahmoud Reza Khazaei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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The lipophilic yeasts of Malassezia species are members of the normal skin microbial that are cause of pityriasis versicolor. Pityriasis versicolor is a common superficial fungal infection with world-wide distribution. The phenotypic methods for identification of Malassezia species usually are time...