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Initially <jats:italic>M. furfur<\/jats:italic> was suggested as its main aetiological agent; however, more recent studies suggest <jats:italic>M. globosa<\/jats:italic> as the dominant species. The possibility of a variance in predominant species based on geographical basis has not been fully evaluated. The objective of this study was to identify the <jats:italic>Malassezia<\/jats:italic> species on affected and non\u2010affected skin of students with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PV<\/jats:styled-content> who reside in a tropical environment (Abuja, Nigeria) and correlate them to clinical characteristics. In this study, the literature on prevalence of <jats:italic>Malassezia<\/jats:italic> genus in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PV<\/jats:styled-content> was also reviewed. Samples were taken from 304 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PV<\/jats:styled-content> lesions and 110 normal appearing skin. Microscopy, culture and identification of <jats:italic>Malassezia<\/jats:italic> species utilising polymerase chain reaction\u2013restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis were performed. Three <jats:italic>Malassezia<\/jats:italic> species were detected in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PV<\/jats:styled-content> with the major species being <jats:italic>M. furfur<\/jats:italic>. On normal appearing skin, <jats:italic>M. furfur<\/jats:italic> (77.6%) and <jats:italic>M. restricta<\/jats:italic> (10.4%) were both detected. No case of <jats:italic>M. globosa<\/jats:italic> was identified in this study. There was no significant difference between species identified and clinical features of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PV<\/jats:styled-content>. <jats:italic>M. furfur<\/jats:italic> is probably still the most predominant species causing <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PV<\/jats:styled-content> in the tropical environment.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/myc.12298","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,2,20]],"date-time":"2015-02-20T14:03:32Z","timestamp":1424441012000},"page":"203-208","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["The spectrum of <i>Malassezia<\/i> species isolated from students with pityriasis vesicolor in Nigeria"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"58","author":[{"given":"P. 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