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SUBMITTER: Paulino LC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1594634 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Paulino Luciana C LC Tseng Chi-Hong CH Strober Bruce E BE Blaser Martin J MJ
Journal of clinical microbiology 20060801 8
Psoriasis, a common cutaneous disease of unknown etiology, may be triggered by infections, including those due to fungi. Since the fungal community of human skin is poorly characterized, we aimed to analyze the mycological microbiota in healthy skin and psoriatic lesions. Twenty-five skin samples from five healthy subjects (flexor forearm) and three patients with psoriasis were analyzed using broad-range 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and 5.8S rDNA/internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) Malassezia-speci ...[more]