Identification of Malassezia species in patients with pityriasis versicolor in Goiânia-GO

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Lemos, Janine de Aquino¹  Silva, Maria do Rosário Rodrigues¹  Araujo, Crystiane Rodrigues de¹  Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia¹  Miranda, Karla Carvalho¹  Soares, Ailton José¹  Souza, Lúcia Kioko Hasimoto e¹ 

关键词: Pityriasis versicolor;    Malassezia spp;    Malassezia furfur;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822006000600017

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

The objectives of this study were to investigate the frequency of pityriasis versicolor occurrence and to identify yeasts of the genus Malassezia in patients at the mycology laboratory of the Federal University of Goiás, in Goiânia, State of Goiás. Ninety-five cases of pityriasis versicolor were diagnosed, and four species of Malassezia were identified: Malassezia furfur, Malassezia sympodialis, Malassezia globosa and Malassezia obtusa.

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