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The clinical significance of each of these species is not fully understood. <jats:italic>M.\u00a0furfur<\/jats:italic> has long been identified as the causative agent of PV. Several recent studies suggest that <jats:italic>M.\u00a0globosa<\/jats:italic> is most frequently associated with PV.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Objectives\u2002<\/jats:bold> The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of <jats:italic>Malassezia<\/jats:italic> species in affected and unaffected skin in Israeli patients with PV using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)\u2010based culture\u2010independent method.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods\u2002<\/jats:bold> Samples were taken from affected skin of 75 patients with PV (35 females and 40 males, age range 18\u201365\u2003years) who visited our outpatient clinic and from unaffected skin in 26 patients for direct microscopy and detection of <jats:italic>Malassezia<\/jats:italic> species using a PCR\u2010based method.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results\u2002<\/jats:bold> The major <jats:italic>Malassezia<\/jats:italic> species in PV was <jats:italic>M.\u00a0globosa<\/jats:italic>, found in 97.3% (73 of 75) of samples from affected skin and 80.8% (21 of 26) samples of unaffected skin. <jats:italic>M.\u00a0restricta<\/jats:italic> was associated with <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>.\u00a0<jats:italic>globosa<\/jats:italic> in 1.3% (one of 75) of patients. No cases of <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>.\u00a0<jats:italic>furfur<\/jats:italic> were detected in this study. There was no difference in the distribution of <jats:italic>Malassezia<\/jats:italic> species between affected and unaffected skin.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion\u2002<\/jats:bold> Based on the PCR test, we have shown that <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>.\u00a0<jats:italic>globosa<\/jats:italic> is probably most frequently associated with PV.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-4632.2012.05595.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,1,25]],"date-time":"2013-01-25T03:36:02Z","timestamp":1359084962000},"page":"231-233","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Molecular analysis of <i>Malassezia<\/i> species isolated from Israeli patients with pityriasis versicolor"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"52","author":[{"given":"Anna","family":"Lyakhovitsky","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Avner","family":"Shemer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Boaz","family":"Amichai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,1,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_5_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"9","DOI":"10.1080\/mmy.38.s1.9.16","article-title":"The lipophilic yeasts: state of the art and prospects","volume":"38","author":"Midgley G","year":"2000","journal-title":"Med Mycol"},{"issue":"1","key":"e_1_2_5_3_2","first-page":"220","article-title":"The role of Malassezia species in the ecology of human skin and as pathogens","volume":"36","author":"Gu\u00e9ho E","year":"1998","journal-title":"Med Mycol"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1468-3083.2002.00378.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_5_2","first-page":"882","volume-title":"The Yeasts, a Taxonomic Study","author":"Yarrow D","year":"1984"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mcp.2010.12.003"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jaad.2003.12.034"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-2133.2000.03779.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0507.2006.01310.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11046-005-0149-4"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1016020209891"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1789","DOI":"10.1128\/jcm.25.9.1789-1790.1987","article-title":"Association of Malassezia pachydermatis with systemic infections of humans","volume":"25","author":"Gueho E","year":"1987","journal-title":"J Clin Microbiol"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_13_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/sj.jid.5701017"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_14_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1567-1364.2008.00359.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_15_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0507.2008.01593.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_16_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1590\/S0365-05962010000100021"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_17_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.riam.2009.12.005"}],"container-title":["International Journal of Dermatology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.wiley.com\/onlinelibrary\/tdm\/v1\/articles\/10.1111%2Fj.1365-4632.2012.05595.x","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/j.1365-4632.2012.05595.x","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,30]],"date-time":"2023-10-30T05:26:27Z","timestamp":1698643587000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.1365-4632.2012.05595.x"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2013,1,24]]},"references-count":16,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2013,2]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1111\/j.1365-4632.2012.05595.x"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1365-4632.2012.05595.x","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["0011-9059","1365-4632"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0011-9059","type":"print"},{"value":"1365-4632","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2013,1,24]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2013-01-24","order":2,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}