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Research Article

Human external ear canal as the specific reservoir of Malassezia slooffiae

Takamasa Kaneko *Kanto Chemical Co., Inc., Tokyo; Teikyo University Institute of Medical Mycology, Tokyo
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Ryoko Shiota Department of Microbiology, Takinomiya General Hospital, Kagawa
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Shuichirou Shibuya Department of Dermatology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo
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Shinichi Watanabe Department of Dermatology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo
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Yoshiko Umeda Teikyo University Institute of Medical Mycology, Tokyo
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Kimiko Takeshita Department of Microbiology, Takinomiya General Hospital, Kagawa
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Mami Yamamoto Department of Otolaryngology, Takinomiya General Hospital, Kagawa, Japan
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Keiko Nishioka Department of Otolaryngology, Takinomiya General Hospital, Kagawa, Japan
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Koichi Makimura Teikyo University Institute of Medical Mycology, TokyoCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 824-827 | Received 25 Sep 2009, Accepted 28 Nov 2009, Published online: 28 Jan 2010
 

Abstract

The incidence of Malassezia species recovered from the external ear canal was characterized using culture medium optimized for Malassezia spp., CHROMagar Malassezia. The results of this study indicated that in healthy individuals M. slooffiae was the dominant Malassezia species followed by M. restricta.

Acknowledgments

This study was supported in part by Health Science Research Grants for Research on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases from the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan (K.M.) H19-shinko-Ippan-008

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

This paper was first published online on Early Online on 27 January 2010.

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