SKIN COLONIZATION BY MALASSEZIA-FURFUR IN HEALTHY-CHILDREN UP TO 15 YEARS-OLD

Authors
SILVA V DITILIA C FISCHMAN O
Citation
V. Silva et al., SKIN COLONIZATION BY MALASSEZIA-FURFUR IN HEALTHY-CHILDREN UP TO 15 YEARS-OLD, Mycopathologia, 132(3), 1995, pp. 143-145
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology,Pathology
Journal title
Mycopathologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0301486X
Volume
132
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
143 - 145
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-486X(1995)132:3<143:SCBMIH>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The prevalence of M. furfur, a lipodependent fungus, in the skin of 0 to 15-year-old healthy children was studied. Sterilized carpet was use d to collect skin samples which were cultured in Oxgall medium (Difco) with 1% olive oil and incubated for 10 days at 37 degrees C. M. furfu r was recovered in 17.8% of infants, with similar findings in both sex es. The highest prevalence of M. furfur colonization was found among c hildren of 0 to 18 months and 11 to 15-year-olds, with 23.3% and 26.7% respectively.