Pityriasis versicolor circinata: isolation of Malassezia sympodialis - Case report.
The authors report a case of pityriasis versicolor circinata whose isolated etiologic agent was Malassezia sympodialis in a 34-year-old woman. The isolation and identification of Malassezia sympodialis were accomplished with modified Dixon's agar, and the molecular method used to confirm the species was polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis (PCR-RFLP).
Dermatology Clinic of Santa Casa de Sao Paulo, Brazil. souza.valeria@terra.com.br <souza.valeria@terra.com.br>
Valéria Maria de Souza
VM
Framil
Márcia S C
MS
Melhem
Maria Walderez
MW
Szeszs
Elaine Cristina
EC
Corneta
Clarisse
C
Zaitz
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008290:Malassezia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014010:Tinea Versicolor / Q000382:microbiology*