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.
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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.