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Malassezia-Can it be ignored?

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Kindo, AnupmaJyoti, Thayikkannu, AmbujavalliBalakrishnan, Veeraraghavan, Mahalakshmi·2015·Indian Journal of Dermatology
DOI 10.4103/0019-5154.160475PMC PMC4533528
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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 commonly cause a spectrum of chronic recurrent infections. They rarely also cause serious illnesses like catheter-related blood stream infections, CAPD associated peritonitis etc., Though these fungi have been known to man for over 150 years, their fastidious nature and cumbersome culture and speciation techniques have restricted research. Since the last taxonomic revision, seven new species have been added to this genus. Their ability to evade the host immune system and virulence has increased the spectrum of the diseases caused by them. These agents have been implicated as causal agents in common diseases like atopic dermatitis recently. Though culture-based research is difficult, the new molecular analysis techniques and facilities have increased research in this field such that we can devote more attention to this genus to study in detail, their characteristics and their growing implications implications in the clinical scenario.

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  • Individual sensitivity to the irritating free fatty acids determines the consequent inflammatory response and may define susceptibility for seborrheic dermatitis.

    “Therefore, individual sensitivity to the irritating FFA determines the consequent inflammatory response and may define susceptibility for seborrheic dermatitis.31”

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    The Clinical scenario section says Malassezia breaks down sebum into irritating fatty acids that initiate inflammation. It also discusses host susceptibility to seborrheic dermatitis, but does not say that individual sensitivity to those fatty acids determines the inflammatory response or susceptibility. No page number is available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Authors
Kindo, A., Thayikkannu, A., & Veeraraghavan, M.
Affiliations
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (IN)
Corresponding author
Kindo, AnupmaJyoti
Venue
Indian Journal of Dermatology
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
2015
Volume
60
Issue
4
Pages
332
ISSN
0019-5154 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.4103/0019-5154.160475
PMC
PMC4533528
OpenAlex
W2107543547
Cited by
50
References
64
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
cc-by-nc-sa
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  • Indian Journal of Dermatology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Nail Diseases and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Fungal Infections and Studies
Keywords
Malassezia, lipophilic yeasts, commensal fungi, atopic dermatitis, catheter-related bloodstream infection, peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis, fungal virulence, immune evasion, fungal taxonomy, molecular identification

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