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. 2010 Sep;37(9):786-92.
doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00913.x.

Cutaneous Malassezia microbiota of healthy subjects differ by sex, body part and season

Narifumi Akaza  1 , Hirohiko Akamatsu, Yasuyuki Sasaki, Shiori Takeoka, Masataka Kishi, Hiroshi Mizutani, Akiyo Sano, Keiko Hirokawa, Satoru Nakata, Kayoko Matsunaga
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Cutaneous Malassezia microbiota of healthy subjects differ by sex, body part and season

Narifumi Akaza et al. J Dermatol. 2010 Sep.

Abstract

Malassezia is a component of normal cutaneous resident microbiota. The aim of this study was to quantitatively clarify the differences in cutaneous Malassezia microbiota in healthy subjects by sex, body part and season. Samples were collected from the forehead, cheek, upper chest and upper back of 20 healthy men and 20 healthy women (average age 32 years) in summer and winter by the swab method. Malassezia DNA was analyzed using a real-time PCR system. As a result, in sex, body parts and season, men, the upper trunk and summer showed the highest total numbers of cutaneous Malassezia species on average. There were also differences depending on the analytical method. The predominant species were M. restricta on the face of men, M. globosa and M. dermatis on the upper trunk of men, and M. globosa and M. sympodialis on the upper trunk of women. This study clarified that the cutaneous Malassezia microbiota of healthy subjects differed by sex, body part and season.

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