Cell-mediated immunity to Malassezia furfur in patients with seborrhoeic dermatitis and pityriasis versicolor.
The lymphocyte transformation response to Malassezia furfur, Candida albicans, phytohaemagglutinin, concanavlin A and tuberculin purified protein derivative of 12 patients with pityriasis versicolor, 15 patients with seborrhoeic dermatitis and matched controls, was studied. Patients with pityriasis versicolor showed a significantly lower response to M. furfur than patients with seborrhoeic dermatitis and controls.
Bergbrant
I M
IM
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
Andersson
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Faergemann
J
J
D000328:Adult; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000276:immunology; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000276:immunology; D012628:Dermatitis, Seborrheic / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000502:physiology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008290:Malassezia; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000276:immunology; D014010:Tinea Versicolor / Q000276:immunology*; D014373:Tuberculin / Q000276:immunology
D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D014373:Tuberculin; D003208:Concanavalin A