title: Studies on the yeast flora in patients suffering from psoriasis capillitii or seborrhoic dermatitis of the scalp.
abstract: In 65 patients with scalp psoriasis or seborrhoic dermatitis of the scalp, stool specimens, tongue swabs and scalp scales were examined for yeasts. The stool specimens showed in 70.8% of the patient group massive and in 7.7% moderate yeast colonization. Yeasts were found in 47.7% of the tongue cultures and in 12.5% of the scalp scales. Candida albicans was the predominant pathogen in the faeces and on the tongue. In comparison with a control group, frequency of yeasts in faeces and on the tongue in patients with psoriasis capillitii and seborrhoic dermatitis of the scalp could be shown to be significantly higher.
authors: Universitäts-Hautklinik Essen, Germany FR.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Senff
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Bothe
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Busacker
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Reinel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D012628:Dermatitis, Seborrheic / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000382:microbiology*; D012535:Scalp / Q000382:microbiology; D014059:Tongue / Q000382:microbiology; D015003:Yeasts / Q000302:isolation & purification*