"Malassezia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A mitosporic fungal genus that causes a variety of skin disorders. Malassezia furfur (Pityrosporum orbiculare) causes TINEA VERSICOLOR.
| Descriptor ID |
D008290
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300.381.522 B01.300.930.574
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| Concept/Terms |
Malassezia- Malassezia
- Malassezias
- Pityrosporum
- Pityrosporums
Malassezia furfur- Malassezia furfur
- Malassezia furfurs
- furfur, Malassezia
- Pityrosporum orbiculare
- Pityrosporum orbiculares
- orbiculares, Pityrosporum
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Malassezia" by people in Profiles.
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Cellular and molecular mechanisms of fungal ?-(1?6)-glucan in macrophages. Innate Immun. 2015 Oct; 21(7):759-69.
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A case of tinea versicolor of the eyelids. Pediatr Dermatol. 2013 Nov-Dec; 30(6):e242-3.
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Identification of (1-->6)-beta-D-glucan as the major carbohydrate component of the Malassezia sympodialis cell wall. Carbohydr Res. 2009 Dec 14; 344(18):2474-9.