Malassezia ecology, pathophysiology, and treatment

B Theelen, C Cafarchia, G Gaitanis… - Medical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Malassezia are lipid dependent basidiomycetous yeasts that inhabit the skin and mucosa of
humans and other warm-blooded animals, and are a major component of the skin …

Biology, diagnosis and treatment of Malassezia dermatitis in dogs and cats Clinical Consensus Guidelines of the World Association for Veterinary Dermatology

R Bond, DO Morris, J Guillot, EJ Bensignor… - Veterinary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background The genus Malassezia is comprised of a group of lipophilic yeasts that have
evolved as skin commensals and opportunistic cutaneous pathogens of a variety of …

ESCMID and ECMM joint clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of rare invasive yeast infections

MC Arendrup, T Boekhout, M Akova… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The mortality associated with invasive fungal infections remains high with that involving rare
yeast pathogens other than C andida being no exception. This is in part due to the severe …

Malassezia Yeasts in Veterinary Dermatology: An Updated Overview

J Guillot, R Bond - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Lipophilic yeasts of the genus Malassezia are important skin commensals and opportunistic
skin pathogens in a variety of animals. The species M. pachydermatis was first isolated from …

Malassezia: Zoonotic Implications, Parallels and Differences in Colonization and Disease in Humans and Animals

S Hobi, C Cafarchia, V Romano, VR Barrs - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Malassezia spp. are commensals of the skin, oral/sinonasal cavity, lower respiratory and
gastrointestinal tract. Eighteen species have been recovered from humans, other mammals …

Azole susceptibility of Malassezia pachydermatis and Malassezia furfur and tentative epidemiological cut-off values

C Cafarchia, R Iatta, D Immediato, MR Puttilli… - Medical …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
This study aims to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) distribution and the
epidemiological cut-off values (ECVs) of Malassezia pachydermatis and Malassezia furfur …

Antifungal Resistance Regarding Malassezia pachydermatis: Where Are We Now?

A Peano, E Johnson, E Chiavassa, P Tizzani, J Guillot… - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Malassezia pachydermatis is a yeast inhabiting the skin and ear canals in healthy dogs. In
the presence of various predisposing conditions it can cause otitis and dermatitis, which are …

[HTML][HTML] Azole resistance of Malassezia pachydermatis causing treatment failure in a dog

M Angileri, M Pasquetti, M De Lucia, A Peano - Medical mycology case …, 2019 - Elsevier
A 5-year-old neutered female toy Poodle chronically treated with systemic and topical azoles
to control recurrent Malassezia dermatitis/otitis was presented because of the loss of …

In vitro antifungal susceptibility of Malassezia pachydermatis from dogs with and without skin lesions

C Cafarchia, LA Figueredo, R Iatta, MT Montagna… - Veterinary …, 2012 - Elsevier
Canine Malassezia dermatitis is frequently treated with systemic ketoconazole (KTZ) and
itraconazole (ITZ). However, no information is available on the antifungal susceptibility to …

Conventional therapy and new antifungal drugs against Malassezia infections

W Rhimi, B Theelen, T Boekhout, CI Aneke… - Medical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Malassezia yeasts are commensal microorganisms occurring on the skin of humans and
animals causing dermatological disorders or systemic infections in severely …