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Recently it has been revised taxanomically into 14 species, in that only 7 species have been well studied in relation to pityriasis versicolor.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      To identify\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Malassezia<\/jats:italic>\n                      species isolated from patients with pityriasis versicolor and to find out any correlation between the species with clinical presentation of lesions.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Settings and Design:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Prospective study comprising of 100 clinically diagnosed cases of pityriasis versicolor attending Dermatology Outpatient Department over a period of 1 year.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The clinical specimens were collected under aseptic precautions and subjected to culture on Sabouraud's Dextrose Agar overlaid with olive oil and modified Dixon agar. The isolates were identified by biochemical tests.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Statistical Analysis Used:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Statistical analysis was done using proportion, mean and chi-square test.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of the 100 cases, 73% were males, 26% were females and predominant age group was 21-30 years. Out of 100 samples, 70 yielded growth. The most common isolate was M.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">sympodialis<\/jats:italic>\n                      (50%), followed by\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M. furfur<\/jats:italic>\n                      (32.86%),\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M. globosa<\/jats:italic>\n                      (14.28%) and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M. slooffiae<\/jats:italic>\n                      (2.86%). Among 100 cases, 74% had hypopigmented and 26% had hyperpigmented lesions.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M. sympodialis<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M. furur<\/jats:italic>\n                      were predominantly isolated from hypopigmented lesions and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M. globosa<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M. slooffiae<\/jats:italic>\n                      were found to be more common in hyperpigmented lesions.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M. sympodialis<\/jats:italic>\n                      was the most common isolate, followed by\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M. furfur<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M. globosa and M. slooffiae<\/jats:italic>\n                      . 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