In the last 15 years, the genus Malassezia has been a topic of intense basic research on
taxonomy, physiology, biochemistry, ecology, immunology, and metabolomics. Currently, the …

The genus Malassezia comprises lipophilic species, the natural habitat of which is the skin
of humans and other warm‐blooded animals. However, these species have been …

Malassezia spp. are commensals of the skin, oral/sinonasal cavity, lower respiratory and
gastrointestinal tract. Eighteen species have been recovered from humans, other mammals …

Malassezia spp. are lipophilic fungi that occur on all skin surfaces of humans and animals as
commensal and pathogenic organisms. In the 2000s, several new species were added to …

Summary The chapter on Candida, Cryptococcus, and other yeasts of medical importance
outlines the taxonomy, epidemiology, and clinical significance of species from as many as …

Genus Malassezia comprises of 14 species of “yeast like fungi,” 13 of which are lipophilic
and 1 is nonlipophilic. They are known commensals and in predisposed individuals they …

Introduction Malassezia spp. are a group of lipid-dependent basidiomycetes yeasts acting
as commensal organisms of the human and animal skin. However, under some not well …

Objective To determine the incidence of onychomycosis based on age and sex,
morphological pattern of the disease, predisposing factors and identification of fungus by …

Background: Malassezia yeasts are normal flora of the skin that are discovered in 75∼ 98%
of health subjects, but since its association with various skin disorders have been known …

Objective: The purposes of this study were to determine the frequency of the yeast species
obtained from patients with clinical features of onychomycosis and the in vitro antifungal …