Malassezia and the Skin Science and Clinical Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Boekhout, Teun. (Editor), Mayser, Peter. (Editor), Guȟo-Kellermann, Eveline. (Editor), Velegraki, Aristea. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical laboratories.; Microbiology.; Medical parasitology.; Dermatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Parasitology.; Medical Microbiology.; Laboratory Medicine.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03616-3

This book, written by a group of acknowledged experts, is the first comprehensive overview on the very unusual yeasts of the genus Malassezia. All relevant aspects of the genus and its 13 species are covered in detail within 11 chapters. The first chapter reviews the long and controversial history o...

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 Seborrhoeic and Atopic Eczemas
• Malassezia Fungemia, Antifungal Suceptibility Testing and Epidemiology of Nosocomial Infections
• Genomics and Pathophysiology: Dandruff as a Paradigm
• Malassezia Yeasts in Animal Diseases
• Malassezia Database.