Clinical and epidemiological features of the genus Malassezia in Iran

Background and Objectives: The genus Malassezia contains an expanding list of lipophilic yeasts involve in the etiology of various superficial fungal infections. Pityriasis versicolor (PV) is the most prevalent Malassezia-related infection distributed worldwide. In the present study, clinical and e...

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Main Authors: Elham Zeinali, Golnar Sadeghi, Fahimeh Yazdinia, Masoomeh Shams-Ghahfarokhi, Mehdi Razzaghi-Abyaneh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014-10-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/371