title: Malassezia Baillon, emerging clinical yeasts.
abstract: The human and animal pathogenic yeast genus Malassezia has received considerable attention in recent years from dermatologists, other clinicians, veterinarians and mycologists. Some points highlighted in this review include recent advances in the technological developments related to detection, identification, and classification of Malassezia species. The clinical association of Malassezia species with a number of mammalian dermatological diseases including dandruff, seborrhoeic dermatitis, pityriasis versicolor, psoriasis, folliculitis and otitis is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Mediprobe Research, London, Ont., Canada.
authors.forename: Roma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Batra
authors.forename: Teun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boekhout
authors.forename: Eveline
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guého
authors.forename: F Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Cabañes
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.forename: Aditya K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D012628:Dermatitis, Seborrheic / Q000382:microbiology; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D005499:Folliculitis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008290:Malassezia / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010031:Otitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000382:microbiology; D014010:Tinea Versicolor / Q000382:microbiology