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Infecting Mice with Malassezia spp. to Study the Fungus-Host Interaction
Published on: November 6, 2019
[Taxonomy of Malassezia furfur: state of the art]
M C Aspíroz1, L A Moreno, M C Rubio
1Hospital Clínico Universitario, Zaragoza, España. ventas@contamicro.es
Abstract:
Malassezia furfur is a lipophilic yeast considered as a normal component of the human skin flora. Apart from pityriasis versicolor, M. furfur has been linked to several skin diseases such as seborrheic dermatitis, folliculitis or atopic dermatitis. Moreover, these yeasts have been reported as agent of invasive human diseases including pneumonia, catheter-associated sepsis and peritonitis. The existence of morphological, serological, metabolical, biochemical and karyotipical differences has been described among isolates of these yeasts. These observations gave arguments for a possible intraspecific division, and this hypothesis has been confirmed by the existence of six species within the formerly called M. furfur (lipid-dependent Malassezia strains): M. furfur, Malassezia sympodialis, Malassezia globosa, Malassezia obtusa, Malassezia restricta and Malassezia slooffiae.
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