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Skin colonization byMalassezia furfur in healthy children up to 15 years old

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The prevalence ofM. furfur, a lipodependent fungus, in the skin of 0 to 15-year-old healthy children was studied. Sterilized carpet was used to collect skin samples which were cultured in Oxgall medium (Difco) with 1% olive oil and incubated for 10 days at 37 °C.M. furfur was recovered in 17.8% of infants, with similar findings in both sexes. The highest prevalence ofM. furfur colonization was found among children of 0 to 18 months and 11 to 15-year-olds, with 23.3% and 26.7% respectively.

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  1. Setor de Micologia Médica, Disciplina de Biologia Celular, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brasil

    Victor Silva, Cintia Di Tilia & Olga Fischman

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Part of the Ms. thesis of Victor Silva ‘Associação deMalassezia furfur com patologias com componente seborréico’.

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Silva, V., Tilia, C.D. & Fischman, O. Skin colonization byMalassezia furfur in healthy children up to 15 years old. Mycopathologia 132, 143–145 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01103979

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