Malassezia
"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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| 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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Noss I, Ozment TR, Graves BM, Kruppa MD, Rice PJ, Williams DL. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of fungal ?-(1?6)-glucan in macrophages. Innate Immun. 2015 Oct; 21(7):759-69.
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Ryu S, Choi SY, Acharya S, Chun YJ, Gurley C, Park Y, Armstrong CA, Song PI, Kim BJ. Antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects of Cecropin A(1-8)-Magainin2(1-12) hybrid peptide analog p5 against Malassezia furfur infection in human keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol. 2011 Aug; 131(8):1677-83.