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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2000, p. 2185-2186, Vol. 44, No. 8
0066-4804/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Susceptibility Testing of Malassezia Species Using the Urea Broth Microdilution Method

Yuka Nakamura,1,2,* Rui Kano,3 Tae Murai,1 Shinichi Watanabe,1 and Atsuhiko Hasegawa3

Department of Dermatology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo,1 and Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine2 and Department of Pathobiology,3 Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Received 20 January 2000/Returned for modification 28 March 2000/Accepted 26 April 2000

A urea broth microdilution method to assay the susceptibilities of seven Malassezia species was developed. This method indicated the same sensitivities as the agar plate dilution method for isolates of Malassezia furfur, M. pachydermatis, M. slooffiae, and M. sympodialis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan. Phone and fax: 81-4-6684-3647. E-mail: yuka{at}brs.nihon-u.ac.jp.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2000, p. 2185-2186, Vol. 44, No. 8
0066-4804/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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