Malassezia and the Skin Science and Clinical Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Boekhout, Teun (Editor), Mayser, Peter (Editor), Guého-Kellermann, Eveline (Editor), Velegraki, Aristea (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Laboratory medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Parasitology.; Dermatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medical Microbiology.; Laboratory Medicine.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Malassezia Yeasts from a Historical Perspective
• Biodiversity, Phylogeny and Ultrastructure
• Epidemiology of Malassezia-Related Skin Diseases
• Physiology and Biochemistry
• Malassezia Species and Immunity: Host–Pathogen Interactions
• Pityriasis Versicolor and Other Malassezia Skin Diseases
• Malassezia Yeasts in Seborrheic and Atopic Eczemas
• Malassezia Fungemia, Antifungal Susceptibility Testing and Epidemiology of Nosocomial Infections
• Genomics and Pathophysiology: Dandruff as a Paradigm
• Malassezia Yeasts in Animal Disease
• Malassezia Database.