[Pityriasis versicolor: isolation and identification of the main species of Malassezia].
Species of the genus Malassezia isolated were: Malassezia sympodialis (16.66%), Malassezia furfur (12.50%), Malassezia globosa (11.45%), and Malassezia slooffiae (2.10%). Malassezia sympodialis predominated in the study. The species of Malassezia identified did not show correlation with clinical variants and with the distribution of pityriasis versicolor lesions in relation to areas of the body.
Framil
Valéria Maria de Souza
VM
Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, SP, Brasil. souza.valeria@terra.com.br <souza.valeria@terra.com.br>
Melhem
Márcia S C
MS
Szeszs
Maria Walderez
MW
Corneta
Elaine Cristina
EC
Zaitz
Clarisse
C
D006801:Humans; D008290:Malassezia / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014010:Tinea Versicolor / Q000382:microbiology*